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Category Archives: Western Ghats – tribal heritage & ecology
ePub | Reviving native ecology as to restore the wealth of the people: Cultural continuity for the twenty-first century – Kerala
Places like Kerala where there were numerous sacred groves and related culture, are ecologically disturbed now due to ill conceived developments chartered out by those who did not have any knowledge or concern about nature/ecology. Modernists could not understand the … Continue reading
Posted in Colonial policies, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, ePub & eJournal, Ethnobotany, Globalization, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Modernity, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Sacred grove, Southern region, Storytelling, Tagore and rural culture, Trees, Tribal culture worldwide, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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“India is unique in having a highly sophisticated minority rights protection system for its Scheduled Tribes”: Constitutional provisions and their implementation
The highly heterogeneous Adivasi (“original inhabitants”) represent India’s de facto indigenous peoples. De jure, however, they are not recognised as indigenous and are instead designated as Scheduled Tribes in the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. India is unique in … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Constitution and Supreme Court, Economy and development, Health and nutrition, Names and communities, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Reducing the impact of the corona virus in Kanyakumari District: Physicians in favour of indigenous medicine and food habits – Tamil Nadu
Citizens have become aware of the causes just as the impact, curative, quarantine, rehabilitative aspects of the virus and even become COVID literates by wearing masks, sanitizing and keeping social distance. Another noticeable change concerns food habits and a trend … Continue reading
Posted in Ethnobotany, Figures, census and other statistics, Health and nutrition, Modernity, Organizations, Quotes, Southern region, Success story, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Tribal voices worth listening to: On culture, land rights, employment, education and indigenous languages – Andaman, Kerala & Odisha
“Unless we affirm our culture and right and language, we won’t live. Our colour is good, our language is good, our art is good, our way of living is good. If we can respect your religion and your practices, why … Continue reading →