Slave trade like behaviour of yerava people across estates
Dilution of identity across paniya and yerava by issuing common certificates
lack of basic demographic and distribution details
Threats to food practices and traditional diets which are all getting eroded
tough to follow culture by being a slave trader in another’s estate
comparable to the Hasalaru in terms of being bonded to coffee estate, cultural erotion - managers of estates prevent community organisation and do not allow for educqtion of childtren and keep us “backward”
Primacy for girl child - with festivities for the birth of girl child - esp among panjari yerava - quite matrilineal
comparable to the Adiya of the Kerala - we call ourselves “ravalar” - dont know why we are yeraval or panchari yerava - big problem in terms of our own idenitty - its a crisis of why we are called one thing in the docum ents and we identify otherwise - a structural violence
tough to have diff schools - kerala model of being in one cqmpus right thoruhg the education
many incidences of cancer among young forest-based adivasi communities among the Yerava
need for resaerch on why there is cancer among the young peoples deaths
High rates of tobacco and alcohol
Structural violence by improving addiction-related behaviour
Very poor healthcare experience - we tried our best to help but lots of documentation missing for accessing various healthcare schemes and even basic housing schemes - many people living in plastic homes
Our people are dying young
loss of access to forest products - even mushrooms - also climate change diminishing access to materials in the forests - also related to use of chemicals by the nearby estates