Anitha N runs Siddi Kavandi, a venture that works with a handful of Siddi women in Karnataka’s villages to make their ...

All four wrestlers had topped the trials held at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Stadium Wrestlers from Karnataka’s Siddi community have presented a fitting example of the saying ‘talent needs no introduction’ ...

Elliot’s beach buzzes with activity courtesy the Chennai Kalai Theru Vizha 2020. The main crowd puller? The Siddi Dhamal dancers; a troupe with a story. How often do you see a crowd relishing every ...

The mountains of the Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas; they hold rain-washed forests, perennial rivers and an ...

Hanaphabi and Saidambi Naik, two middle-aged women from the Kalaghatgi taluk in Karnataka’s Dharwad district, were restless at first to speak in front of a camera. A few whisper-filled moments later, ...

In harmonious 3/3 time, the feet of the Siddi people bounce up and down with vigor, excitement and passion. They’re dancing in a semi-circle formation with movements slightly organized as a kora —an ...

In parts of western India, small communities still carry traces of an African past that arrived centuries before modern ...

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Students from Siddi community to be trained on par with international standards Karnataka is now eyeing training sportspersons for the next Olympics. In an effort to identify the potential athletes, ...

For the Siddi community in Karnataka, which traces its roots to Africa, Wednesday was a day to rejoice when for the first time, someone among them made it to the Karnataka legislature. Courtesy the ...