Anubhuti

08/09/2026

Recently, the young leaders from our participated in a meaningful workshop on “Self-Planning with Mental Well-being.”

Our fellows come from diverse tribal, and communities, including , , , , , , , , Gosavi, and other communities across 20 tribal regions and nomadic tent communities.

The workshop created a space for young people to pause, reflect and look at their own journeys — their aspirations, challenges, emotions, priorities and the ways they can care for their own and each others' mental well-being while planning their futures.

For grassroot communities, self-planning is not only about setting goals. It is also about understanding our history, recognising our strengths that come from our community organic practices, collective care and growth that is intrinsic to individual growth, and building the courage to pursue our paths.

These safe co-learning spaces are also places of building solidarities across NT-DNT, Adivasi, SC, minority youth. As they engage in these conversations, share their experiences and learn from one another, they are building possibilities for themselves and their communities.

03/09/2026

With great enthusiasm, over 250 young people from the , , , , , , , , Davri and other tribal and nomadic communities across 20 tribal regions and nomadic tent communities are participating in these "learning with nature" during the rains - workshops

Honoring the ancient tradition of started by the Buddha, the highlight was these co-learning and knowledge sharing experiences among and cultures - both custodians of great knowledge

During the camp, young participants explored the forest with a Sarp Mitra, learning about snakes, the forest ecosystem, and the importance of living alongside nature. They also visited an ancient temple of indigenous leaders, rice farming fields, ancient Buddhist caves at Lonad, and a government nursery, experiencing different forms of traditional, environmental, and community-based knowledge.

This continues Anubhuti's processes of Collective Learning - from the environment and from our ancestors; knowledge required for career planning, leadership, paths for emotional & mental well-being and overall intellectual development

02/09/2026

Throughout the year, Anubhuti organizes conversations, trainings, and camps to create spaces to explore the journey from to .
From 10 September to October, these conversations take on a deeper significance. From to , this period offers us an important opportunity to pause, reflect, question, and engage more deeply with the realities surrounding mental health.
Yesterday, we had the opportunity to engage with the youth leaders and students of SIA College, Dombivali.
The intention is not to understand mental health only as an individual experience, but to look at it through multiple and interconnected dimensions — justice, environment, the Constitution, history, social revolutions, cultural identity, human rights, and much more.
Mental health does not exist in isolation. It is deeply connected to the social, political, cultural, environmental, and historical realities in which we live.

31/08/2026

Mental dignity is not just mental but is social, political and administrative.

The of historically discriminated communities cannot be separated from their history of caste atrocities, criminalisation, gender violence, displacement, environmental degradation and administrative exclusion. In the same way, healing cannot be separated from reclaiming history, developing identity, democratic participation, and creating spaces where communities are recognized as creators and leaders of knowledge, progressive values and practices, and social change.

This talk by NT-DNT activist, writer and trainer Deepa Pawar, originally given during , is being published today on , reclaiming the identities of and with honor - asserting our proud histories, rich cultures, egalitarian and just ways, and grounded feminist, environmentally protective and Constitutional ways.

Do listen, and let us come together today when communities achieved from legal criminalization, and pledge to work for liberation also in social, administrative and political terms.

Director Deepa Pawar speaks about her concept of the "Positive side...

30/08/2026

While reflecting on how far we have come in cultivating the spirit of becoming Vimukt (liberated) and gaining freedom, and while mapping the paths of where we still need to go, young people from across Thane district came together.

On occasion of 2026, 200+ youth came together from 20+ Adivasi padas, Nomadic tent settlements, villages and hamlets, representing their culturally rich backgrounds: , , , , , , , and so on.

In this Art and Cultural Festival, they did not merely participate or take leadership—they actually lived the process.

They expressed and reaffirmed their identity and the dignity of their lived experiences through co-creating a set of art displays. Creating through collective labour is not culturally new to us. Yet, it was still so much fun and meaningful to experience it together.

Now, this exhibition, created through collective labour, will be further developed and organised as a resource for dialogue in colleges, schools, residential schools, villages, and hamlets. The exhibition will speak about how young people see the city, development, government institutions, and their own needs.

It will also spark conversations around intersectionality within Gen Z, and to strengthen our understanding and practice of solidarity in diversity.

In Anubhuti’s work, creativity is an important thread. Creativity makes discussions, creation, and meaning of any subject much broader, deeper, and more collective. These youth have imbibed this and will be taking it ahead with their peers as their exhibition moves from place to place.

25/08/2026

For , and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNT/NT/SNT), being counted is not just about numbers. It is about identity, dignity, rights and justice.

For generations, these communities have faced the consequences of colonial criminalisation, displacement, homelessness, poverty, limited access to education and healthcare, and discrimination from institutions and society.
The Criminal Tribes Act was repealed in 1952, but its legacy continues to affect communities that remain largely invisible in official data and policy frameworks.

The absence of reliable national data means that governments struggle to understand their population, living conditions, education, livelihoods, housing, healthcare needs and experiences of violence. What remains uncounted can remain unaddressed.

As India prepares for 2027, there is an urgent need for an inclusive enumeration process that recognises the realities of nomadic life, mobility and diverse forms of habitation.

Counting is recognition.
Recognition is dignity.
Data is a foundation for justice.

Especially in this month, must ensure that Nomadic, Denotified and Semi-Nomadic Tribes are visible in India’s national data and development planning.

Our Founder/Director Deepa Pawar writes in detail..

Thank you so much Scroll for publishing this piece

These communities live with the legacy of criminalisation but have never been recognised in national policies due to poor data about them.

20/08/2026

300+ women across 10 communities representing over 15 diverse Nomadic and Adivasi tribes were met over the last two months. Led by the women's team of Anubhuti, these meetings were to explore formation of women's groups, as a layer of support system in the communities for youth-led work. From administrative access to mobility, literacy and financial literacy, women asserted their wish to not be dependent on anyone for these matters

19/08/2026

Learning from Our Ancestors
When Anubhuti undertook this deep journey of “Learning from Our Ancestors,” we kept arriving at the same realization again and again: our ancestors were labouring, productive, ecological, collective, and profoundly feminist in their ways of living and being.
They valued labour, lived in harmony with nature, and understood collective existence—not the patriarchal structures that we have come to accept today.
And so, in the name of our ancestors, one thing becomes clear: this patriarchy has to be told—Bhoooo!

12/08/2026