The “participatory guarantee system” (PGS Organic Council): A renewed effort to sustain the lives and cultures of indigenous communities – Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Rich Forests: Making a living under the canopy […] PGS has been received enthusiastically in India and elsewhere. The PGS Organic Council was registered in Goa, India, in April 2011. Since then, …

Bringing indigenous knowledge systems into a “pedagogy of the collective”: Kora, Munda, Oraon, Mahli and Santal communities’ egalitarian value system is a source of strength – West Bengal

Santal educationist Dr. Boro Baski describes the effects of the ‘Pass-Fail’ policy introduced by the West Bengal government in an essay published on on 25th November 2019 by the Bengali …

Report on JAGWAR Santal Literary Meet 2013 – Jharkhand

JAGWARSantal Literary Meet 2013: Santal Onolia Helmel 2013A Report The first Santal Literary Meet – in Santali named “JAGWAR: Santal Onolia Helmel” – was held at the Johar HRD Centre, …

Tribal culture a living example of the Gandhian concept of trusteeship – Human Ecology by Lachman Khubchandani

Source: Lachman Khubchandani in Indigenous Peoples: Responding to Human Ecology (pp. 14-15) Indigenous Peoples: Responding to Human EcologyAuthor : Lachman KhubchandaniLanguage : EnglishPublisher : Bhasha Centre and CIIL, 2009Price : Rs …

Education as a means of Entrepreneurial Exploration: A Multiple Case Study Approach among the Tribes of Odisha – “Tribes In Transition-II: Reaffirming Indigenous Identity Through Narrative” (National Conference)

Abstract 6: Education as a means of Entrepreneurial Exploration: A Multiple Case Study Approach among the Tribes of Odisha Paper presented for “Tribes In Transition-II: Reaffirming Indigenous Identity Through Narrative” …

“The tribal world and the tribal way is complete in itself”: Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)

Quoted from “Swearing by Mahasweta” by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, The Hindu, August 7, 2016 >> Ms. Devi had cast off the trappings of the middle class she was born into and chose to …