Chunki Marandi, a Santal Adivasi woman, is the mukhiya of Madhuapada. Her husband, Babu Soren, belongs to the same community. Photo: Nolina Minj On a cloudy morning in August, fields of freshly sown ...

Bitiya Murmu’s father died around 1980, when she was just a year-and-a-half old. As the family members grieved their loss, they did not realise that for the next two decades, their lives would be ...