Category Archives: Names and communities

Posts in this Category (“Names and communities”) carry one or several Tags, each referring to a particular “tribal” community of India.

Adivasis’ world view: A truly sustainable lifestyle – Comment

Posted on 21/01/2022 by website administrator

Adivasi people: proud not primitive | Read the full article >> […] Defining what’s special about India’s adivasi or indigenous people is complicated. People, mostly anthropologists and human rights defenders, who know adivasis and have worked closely with them, also tend … Continue reading →

Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Assimilation, Commentary, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, History, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri, Organizations, Poetry, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Topics and issues, Tourism, Women | Tagged | Comments Off on Adivasis’ world view: A truly sustainable lifestyle – Comment

Diversity, plurality and tolerance are “core values of our civilisation”: President Pranab Mukherjee’s statement at Rashtrapati Bhavan – New Delhi

Posted on 20/01/2022 by website administrator

In those moments when questions emerge about the fragility of the state’s constitutional principles — over what has transpired since the Dadri lynching and the killing of Kannada scholar M.M. Kalburgi, for example — it is incumbent on high constitutional … Continue reading →

Posted in Accountability, Archaeology, Commentary, Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, History, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Nilgiri, Organizations, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Seasons and festivals, Tagore and rural culture | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Diversity, plurality and tolerance are “core values of our civilisation”: President Pranab Mukherjee’s statement at Rashtrapati Bhavan – New Delhi

Economic policies of the colonial and post-colonial states: The Kurichia community of Wayanad – Kerala

Posted on 19/01/2022 by website administrator

Impacts of socio economic changes on tribes of Waynad in the colonial and post colonial period: A study with special reference to Kurichias by Rajan, E K | Read the full chapter here >> CHAPTER – VI  ECONOMIC IMPACT OF … Continue reading →

Posted in Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Colonial policies, De- and re-tribalisation, Economy and development, Government of India, History, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), Rural poverty, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Worship and rituals | Tagged | Comments Off on Economic policies of the colonial and post-colonial states: The Kurichia community of Wayanad – Kerala

eBook | Online resource: “Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival” by Christoph Fürer-Haimendorf

Posted on 19/01/2022 by website administrator

This book tells of observations among Indian tribal populations spanning the period from 1940 to 1980. Ever since 1936, when a study of the Konyak Nagas marked the beginning of my career as an anthropological field-worker, I have maintained contacts with Indian … Continue reading →

Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Childhood and children, Colonial policies, Commentary, Cultural heritage, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, eBook eJournal PDF, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Organizations, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council, Success story, Tips, Tribal identity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on eBook | Online resource: “Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival” by Christoph Fürer-Haimendorf

The “master honey hunters” of Wayanad’s forests: Kattunayikka tribesmen’s involvement for sustainable harvesting – Kerala

Posted on 18/01/2022 by website administrator

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 | Tagged | Comments Off on The “master honey hunters” of Wayanad’s forests: Kattunayikka tribesmen’s involvement for sustainable harvesting – Kerala