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eBook | Toda cultural history (Nilgiri) – Tamil Nadu
Until now, historians and anthropologists believed that Todas, a tribal group in the higher altitudes of the Nilgiris, reached there about 2,000 years ago. A new study by Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru researchers shows the community was already settled … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Colonial policies, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, eBook & eJournal, Economy and development, Endangered language, Figures, census and other statistics, History, Homes and utensils, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Museum collections - India, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Quotes, Trees, Tribal identity, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Worship and rituals
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“Let’s get active, not anxious!” – World Environment Day 2021
REIMAGINE. RECREATE. RESTORE.This is our moment.We cannot turn back time. But we can grow trees, green our cities, rewild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts. We are the generation that can make peace with nature.Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Elephant, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Tiger, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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eJournal | “Wild resources provides considerable subsistence support to local livelihoods”: Forests and food security
Around one billion people rely on wild harvested products for nutrition and income and the “invisible” trade in wild resources is estimated to generate $90 billion/annum. In India alone the livelihoods of around 6 million people are maintained by the … Continue reading
Posted in eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Health and nutrition, Modernity, Organizations, Press snippets, Resources, Rural poverty, Tribal culture worldwide
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India’s tribal cultural heritage: An alphabetical journey – West Bengal
“Chadar Badni often referred to as Chadar Badar is a unique form of puppetry that is practiced by just a few members of the Santal community. Practically extinct among the Santals themselves, it first came to the limelight around 1985, … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, eBook & eJournal, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Modernity, Multi-lingual education, Museum collections - India, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Puppetry, Tagore and rural culture, Tips, Tribal identity, Video contents, Video resources - external
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eBook | “That pride must never allow us to forget our many weakness and failings or blunt our longing to be rid of them” (Jawaharlal Nehru): Museums in the service of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace: International Museum Day (18 May)
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98835 In his book, The Discovery of India, Nehru wrote, long before 1947, about the difficulties regarding uniting people with diverse languages, religions and cultural values. At the same time, as a historian, he could sketch the unifying forces which … Continue reading
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