“When we used to fall sick, we relied on the forest. Plants, trees, their roots – they healed us. We still try, but we can’t find them anymore,” Rukmini Saura (36) told FairPlanet, before listing the plants they once gathered with ease: “Amla, bahada, harada – that’s Triphala. Rangachera for stomach gas, Kundichali for fever.” The Saura Adivasis, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), are one of the ancient tribes of Odisha. The community consisted of food gatherers wh...
