u/LingoNerd64

This photo is personal and well over a decade old. These kids are Ho, Santhal and Kurukh (Oraon). I was in Jharkhand for close to four decades and I had good contacts with the indigenous villages. I'm still in contact with some of these kids.

These communities are called adivasi or moolvasi for a reason - they have been on their land for thousands of years before we ever got there. Our ethnicity is mixed with them but they are pureblood. These are Austroasiatic peoples.

The problem is that despite having a venerable heritage, they are among the least developed people in their own homeland. We have all the best jobs, education and opportunities, while they remain stuck mostly in subsistence farming and manual labour.

The other problem is that while they tend to be bilingual in their native language and Hindi / Bengali, the younger ones in cities and suburbs no longer learn their native language because they offer no livelihood opportunities.

This is certainly not good news for us. When these languages get swamped out by the mainstream ones, it's not just the language that dies but entire cultures with their rich histories. I have tried and still try to help where I can, but it's a drop in the ocean. Their loss is ours as well. A loss of diversity has very steep costs, much of which we can't see now but only in hindsight.

Do you know any indigenous people? If so, please try to support them to the extent you can.

The photo shows what I consider a decent hard boiled egg. But what do many people do? They over boil it to the end of the universe, never mind not thermally "shocking" them with ice cubes after it's taken off the heat.

The result: rubbery whites and very gross looking grey coated chalky yolks that smell quite unpleasant and no wonder - it's the same hydrogen sulphide that gives the grey coat which smells like that.