I have often heard it said by some of the tribal activists that Gandhi had no take on the Girijans (his term for Adivasis). However, during my twenty years of work among Adivasis in Gujarat, I find a number of community leaders who subscribe to the Gandhian way of life. The most eminent among the Gandhians alive, Narayanbhai Desai — Mahadev Desai’s son — who grew up with Gandhi and spent the first twenty-five years with the Mahatma, himself lives in the Vedchhi village situated in the tribal belt of South Gujarat.
Source: message by Prof. Ganesh Devy (4-3-13)
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