4th Day at Tribal Futures Festival
- 04th August 2024 : Tribal Design Forum -

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Session 1 Host Shweta Guria and Guest Speaker Mukesh Baiga

Speakers from the Baiga and Galo Communities Discussed the Impact of Their Work Through Agriculture, Literature, and Film on Day 4 of the Tribal Futures Online Festival

The fourth day of the month-long Tribal Futures Online Festival saw insightful discussions on agriculture, film, and literature. The event featured Mukesh Baiga, a Green Hub Fellow from the Baiga community of central India, and Kari Padu, a Galo writer and filmmaker from the northeast India .

Session 1: Mukesh Baiga, Green Hub Fellow 2021-2022, screened his film ‘Planted in Grow-Bags, Earning in Thousands’. During a conversation with the session host, Shweta Gudiya, a cinematography student at SRFTI, he discussed his documentary film, which showcases a novel agricultural initiative using the 'Jawahar Badi Model'.

His documentary highlights the effectiveness of the Jawahar Badi Model in adapting plant growth to challenging conditions and its results. This sustainable agricultural technique has provided a viable source of income for local communities, helping them overcome environmental obstacles. It has also contributed to food security and economic stability in the region. Mukesh Baiga further discussed innovative agricultural practices to increase local community income and shed light on the cultural and social aspects of the Baiga community.

Session 2 - Host Swati Lakra n Guest Speaker Karry Padu

Session 2: Kari Padu from the Galo community participated in the second session. During the session, she presented two of her significant works to the session host , Swati Lakra, an architect based in Odisha.

Her works include "The Vivid Project," a collection of poems capturing the essence of Galo life, traditions, and perspectives, and her film "I am Property," which delves deep into the complex socio-cultural issues faced by the Galo people. Kari Padu's work has given voice to the collective experiences and emotions of the Galo community, presenting them to the world.

Her creativity promotes understanding and preservation of tribal cultures by using artistic and narrative strategies to address and draw attention to cultural issues. At the end the audience got an opportunity to better understand the Galo community through Kari's poetry and film.

Every session of Tribal Futures brings forth new creative young people from tribal communities across India whose work inspires and engages the audience. This unique month-long event showcases the work of a new generation of tribal youth on cultural, social, traditional, and educational issues.

Tribal Futures Festival is a unique initiative from the Tribal Design Forum to celebrate International World Indigenous day this month 9 August.