Anthropological Survey of India Director BV Sharma will be the chairman of the committee, while JNU's senior professor Mahendra P Lama will be its vice chairman, according to a notification issued on ...

The Sikkim government has formed a 12-member committee to gather evidence to recommend 12 communities for Scheduled Tribes (ST) status. Led by BV Sharma and Mahendra P Lama, the committee will compile ...

With the 'time-traveling ability' of archaeogenetic studies it has become possible to shed light onto the dynamic past of human populations world-wide. Integrated with archaeological and ...

The government’s announcement to conduct the Census in 2025 has been widely welcomed. This reaffirms the critical role the ...

We learn more about the history and traditions surrounding zombies at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, as our reporters take ...

The issue of a caste census is torn between the ideas of social justice and political correctness.

Whenever I travel around the country, whether I’m hiking, doing anthropological fieldwork, or undertaking an academic trip, I take the opportunity to ask people what they think about the burning ...

Shaped like a bun, decorated with bone-like bread pieces and sugar on top, pan de muerto can be seen at coffee shops, dinner ...

LATE in the eighteenth century the European nations then most engaged in the slave trade—Britain, Holland, France, and Portugal became aware that there was a vigorous, muscular race of negroes ...

You will graduate an expert in using anthropological research, analysis and theory to assess the consequences of digital technologies on society, including data, algorithms and smartphones. A minimum ...

A PRELIMINARY report, the first to appear, on the movements and work of the expedition to Matto Grosso, Brazil, of Dr. Levi-Strauss and Dr. J. A. Vellard, based on the infrequent telegraphic ...