Sun Stories

The Sun Is Our Fire: Toda Herdsmen and the Sacred Glow of Nilgiri Mornings

Life in the Misty Hills The Toda tribe lives high in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, where morning sun cuts through mist like gold on blue. Their days begin... Read more...

We Start Work Before the Light Breaks: Women of the Warli Tribe Speak

First Light, Last Shift In the villages of Maharashtra, Warli women are often up before the roosters. Their fields don’t wait for the sun; work starts in darkness to avoid... Read more...

The Sun Is Our Timekeeper, Not a Watch: Life in the Dongria Kondh Hills

Hills That Follow the Sun Tucked into Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills, the Dongria Kondh live with the forest—and by the sun. There are no clocks. The position of shadows on trees... Read more...

My Skin Is a Map of the Desert: Living Under the Thar Sun with the Rabari

Herding Through Heat In the dry stretches of Rajasthan, the Rabari—a pastoralist community—lead their camels and sheep across a burning landscape. They move with the sun, from one sparse patch... Read more...

The Sun Is My Calendar: A Day with the Bhil Farmers of Madhya Pradesh

Among the many Indigenous tribes of India, the Bhil community—spread across Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan—has one of the most intimate relationships with the land. For generations, they have depended... Read more...

We Dance When the Sun Sets: The Santhals and the Rhythm of Light

In the dense forests and fertile plains of Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal, the Santhal tribe lives in harmony with nature’s rhythm. Among India’s largest Indigenous communities, the Santhals have... Read more...