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Category Archives: Wayanad
Training and employment opportunities for India’s tribal youth: A round-up of recent initiatives and press reports – Kerala, Rajasthan & Telangana
At a time when most art forms of the Scheduled Tribes in the country have faded into oblivion, the Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (KIRTADS) in Kozhikode is on a mission to revive and … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood and children, Community facilities, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Dress and ornaments, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Fashion and design, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Performing arts, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Southern region, Trees, Wayanad, Western region, Women
Tagged Bhil, Kattunayaka
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Video | Trailer to “Have you seen the arana?” – Kerala
“The stories of ancestors and their discoveries give the film a mystical quality and work like a poetic refrain” – Review by Bikas Mishra Three narratives from distinct landscapes – rice fields, forest and plantations – reveal different ways of engaging with … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Childhood and children, Customs, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Elephant, Fashion and design, Film, Health and nutrition, History, Media portrayal, Modernity, Organizations, Rural poverty, Social conventions, Success story, Tourism, Tribal elders, Video resources - external, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women
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From celebrating “creative communing” to “One World university”: Kanavu, an alternative school for tribal children in Wayand – Kerala
Guda is the celebration of creative communing, in theme as well as in the process. Persons from Paniya, Kattu Nayka and other tribal communities of Wayanad in the Indian state of Kerala got together at the commune «Kanavu» and took … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Education and literacy, Film, Media portrayal, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Southern region, Storytelling, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women
Tagged Kattunaikka, Paniya
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Alcohol and drug-awareness group, political leaders and women activists worried: Increased alcoholism in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
What’s the price of the ‘right’ to alcohol? By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, New Internationalist, March 8, 2013 While successive governments have patted themselves on their backs, each claiming credit for our galloping economy, India refuses to talk about the enormous social costs to … Continue reading →