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Quality education and health for children from marginalized families: Vidyodaya & Thulir – Tamil Nadu
Vidyodaya School, located near Gudalur in the Nilgiris, TN, teaches mostly tribal children. […] Vidyodaya is more than just a school. It is a major education programme to ensure that over 3500 tribal children in the Gudalur Block of the … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Games and leisure time, Globalization, Health and nutrition, Languages and linguistic heritage, Organizations, Quotes, Rural poverty, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Women
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The “master honey hunters” of Wayanad’s forests: Kattunayikka tribesmen’s involvement for sustainable harvesting – Kerala
By K R Rajeev [Times of India, 18 May 2017] KOZHIKODE: Heavy summer rain has turned out to be manna from the skies for tribal honey hunters in Wayanad, the leading wild honey producing region in the state. The massive blooming … Continue reading
Posted in Bees and honey, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Seasons and festivals, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Success story, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Computer-based Functional Literacy Programme – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
Launched in February 2000 in the Beeramguda village in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh, this ground-breaking project seeks to combat illiteracy with a new approach to learning, using multimedia and flashcards to fortify the learning experience. The lessons focus on … Continue reading
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eBook | Adivasi languages – Ganesh Devy on changing languages and the question of legislation
There are two things. One is the state of Indian languages— the bhashas. Prof. Ananthamurthy has often argued that the bhashas have been drawing conditionally from many other bhasha systems, the subsets of bhashas. I’m only reporting what he has said—there’s … Continue reading
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