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ePaper | Tribes need to be prioritised according to the UNICEF Working Paper Series Children of India: “The Status of Tribal Children in India: A historical perspective”

Excerpts from the IHD – UNICEF Working Paper Series, Children of India: Rights and Opportunities (2011)By Virginius Xaxa, Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University | Read the full report (PDF) >> …

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ePaper | Focus on exemplary practices found in tribal societies: Caring for the child and nurturing the young – United Nations Children’s Fund (India)

[N]ew pedagogic practices require to be evolved in order to execute various developmental programmes. In doing so, good practices that exist in the society may turn out to be very …

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Women in India: A reality check

Source: “Women in India: A reality check”, Frontline Magazine (Cover), 25 January 2013Address: http://www.frontline.in/cover-story/women-in-india-a-reality-check/article4275963.eceDate Visited: 24 October 2015 Women across the country have taken to the streets demanding safety from …

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Tip | Santal cultural heritage: Audio and video gallery by Daricha Foundation – West Bengal

[…] Conceived by Ratnaboli Bose, Project Daricha traces the roots of performing arts like Jhumur and Raibneshe, crafts like kantha and lac dolls, art forms like alpona and patachitra and more. …

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Chenchu music: “Kinnera” stringed music instrument – Telangana

The instrument uses bamboo for the neck, dried and hollowed gourds for resonators, human hair or animal nerves for strings, and pangolin scales for frets which are fixed using honey-wax. …

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The art of Santiniketan’s Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980): Evoking the rugged poetry of Santal village life – West Bengal

Source: “Brittle earth and virile men” by Rita Datta, The Telegraph (Calcutta), 26 October 2013Address: https://www.telegraphindia.com/1131026/jsp/opinion/story_17438590.jsp#.Uu0l4vakAflDate Visited: 20 June 2020 The landscape of Santiniketan is dotted with sculptures by Ramkinkar …