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Tips | Celebrating tribal identity: Culture-specific stories – Diversity in children’s books from India
Beyond stereotypes | Read the full story >> […] It took some time for [Nagaland-based artist Canato Jimo] to realise that diversity didn’t necessarily mean something that is steeped in cultural symbolism. “I started out by doing the obvious thing … Continue reading
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ePub | Forest of Tigers: People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans
The full book by Annu Jalais is now available as free download on Academia.edu >> Acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers, the mangrove islands that comprise the Sundarbans area of the Bengal delta is the setting for … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Cultural heritage, eBook download sites, Ecology and environment, ePub, Government of India, History, Literature and bibliographies, Maps, Misconceptions, Nature and wildlife, Press snippets, Rural poverty, Tiger, Worship and rituals
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Cultural invisibility – India’s 196 endangered languages (Unesco Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger 2009)
The state of indigenous languages today mirrors the situation of indigenous peoples. In many parts of the world, they are on the verge of extinction. […] However, with the growing global recognition of indigenous knowledge systems, the hope that indigenous … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, Education and literacy, Endangered language, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Misconceptions, Multi-lingual education, Names and communities, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Seven Sister States, Tribal identity
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“Yes we still matter”: Native people are – through their strength, resilience and creativity – forcing questions like “What kind of country do we want to be?” – A New History of Native Americans
THE HEARTBEAT OF WOUNDED KNEE: Native America From 1890 to the Present by David Treuer (Illustrated, 512 pp., 2019) More information about this book and excerpt >> About the author >> Book review in The New York Times (20 January 2019) … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Assimilation, Audio resources - external, Colonial policies, Cultural heritage, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Democracy, eBook download sites, History, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Networking, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Storytelling, Tribal culture worldwide
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Video | On creating ProtoVillages in every district of India so “poverty would have no space to exist”: A Search for Resilience | Kalyan Akkipeddi | TEDxGurugram
TEDx Talks Published on Apr 3, 2017 On a quest to understand the failure of existing mechanisms to measure and address poverty, Kalyan Akkipeddi researched and developed an organic solution to the economic troubles of the weakest, least developed sections … Continue reading →
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