Raising the Unheard Voice: Adivaani publishing for and by Adivasis – West Bengal

Publishing house Adivaani, literally meaning the ‘Ancient Voice’, strives at being the authentic adivasi (tribal community) voice, the voice that has mostly been drowned in the dominance of myriad ‘mainstream’ voices – Read more >>

Source: Society July 2013 – Raising the Unheard Voice
Address : https://adivaani.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/society_mag.pdf
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Sumati Yengkhom, The Times of India, 20 June 2013

KOLKATA: When Ruby Hembrom quit her cushy job in the IT sector a couple of years ago, she didn’t think twice, thanks to the greater calling to unite with her roots […]

“As kids we used hear tales of Santal creation during a tribal story telling session called Karambati in the villages. But these days many us have moved to the cities for work and such lore which are an integral part of the community is losing significance. Therefore reproducing these in written from will not only benefit children of the community but the stories will also reach to children in general,” said Joy Tudu, a St Xavier College Kolkata pass out.

Source: Santhal girl on mission to unite with roots – Times Of India
Address : https://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-20/kolkata/40092367_1_second-book-santhali-community
Date Visited: Mon Jul 22 2013 14:00:21 GMT+0200 (CEST)

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