Category Archives: De- and re-tribalisation

“The guiding principle is that no person who was not a Scheduled Tribe by birth will be deemed to be a member of Scheduled Tribe merely because he or she has married a person belonging to a Scheduled Tribe. Similarly a person who is a member of a Scheduled Tribe would continue to be a member of that Scheduled Tribe, even after his or her marriage with a person who does not belong to a Scheduled Tribes. However, status of the children born out of such marriages would depend on the particular caste status of the father.” – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
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Video | The Birhor tribe: A hunting and food gathering tribe of central India – Bihar

Posted on 05/01/2023 by website administrator

The video contains a documentation of Birhor Tribe of Bihar. The Birhor Community, hunting and food gathering tribe of Bihar, Central India. Living in leaf huts called kumbhas, the Birhor maintain their close links with nature and still rely on … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Assimilation, Bees and honey, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Childhood, Cultural heritage, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, eBook eJournal ePaper, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Homes and utensils, Libraries, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Photos and slideshows, Resources, Rural poverty, Seasons and festivals, Social conventions, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Video resources - external, Women, Worship and rituals | Tagged | Comments Off on Video | The Birhor tribe: A hunting and food gathering tribe of central India – Bihar

Mahasweta Devi: Bhasha’s life time mentor remembered at the Adivasi Academy Tejgadh – Gujarat

Posted on 02/01/2023 by website administrator

An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh, a tribal village in Gujarat and also the site of the Adivasi Academy, says noted literary critic, linguist and tribal rights … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Colonial policies, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, De- and re-tribalisation, Democracy, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Education and literacy, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Museum collections - India, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Storytelling, Success story, Tagore and rural culture, Western region –  Western Zonal Council, Worship and rituals | Tagged , | Comments Off on Mahasweta Devi: Bhasha’s life time mentor remembered at the Adivasi Academy Tejgadh – Gujarat

eBook | The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Human Rights Day (10 December): “India must ratify the International Convention against Torture”

Posted on 27/12/2022 by website administrator

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little … Continue reading →

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Tiger conservation and tourism – its impact on the people in and around the tiger reserves

Posted on 24/12/2022 by website administrator

The Supreme Court order [2012] to ban tourism in core tiger reserves, and decisions to shoot poachers at sight find favour with some conservationists, the middle class and media. But what will their impact be on the people who live … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees and honey, Biodiversity, Colonial policies, Commentary, De- and re-tribalisation, Democracy, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Globalization, Government of India, History, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri Biosphere, Organizations, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Quotes, Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council, Tiger, Tourism | Comments Off on Tiger conservation and tourism – its impact on the people in and around the tiger reserves

Adivasi poetry that “expresses unwillingness and disagreement”: Probing into the culture of the ex-tea garden labourers – Assam

Posted on 04/12/2022 by website administrator

On second day of TLF, session on “Young Tribal Writers; Their Themes, Issues and Challenges was organized.” The session was chaired by Prof. Sivashish Biswas, Assam University, Assam. During the session, five speakers talked about the emerging young writers from the … Continue reading →

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