'They should choose their own destinies': Manish Chandi on India's isolated tribes

Sep 15, 2026, 3:00 am43 ptsMongabayFrom above, the North Sentinel Island tribal reserve in India’s Andaman and Nicobar archipelago is a thick, unbroken patch of dark green — starkly surrounded by the shimmering coastal blue waters of its buffer zone. On these shores, Sentinelese people, who live in voluntary isolation protected by a strict…

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