My life was a bit different than a normal Santal boy of our village. After completing my masters I did my doctoral research on Social Work from Visva-Bharati University and founded a social organization with the youth of my village and some like-minded friends from Santiniketan. After completing higher studies I traveled extensively in the tribal populated areas in India and Bangladesh and even to Europe. | Read the story behind the song ‘Kiya Baha’ by Dr. Boro Baski >>
See also
Audio | Santali Traditional and Fusion Songs: Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust
Crafts and visual arts | Masks
eBook | Free catalogue: Banam: One of the ancient musical instruments of the Santals
eBook | Free catalogue: Museum of Santal Culture (Bishnubati) – West Bengal
Museum of Santal Culture Bishnubati
Santal | Santal Parganas | The Santals by Boro Baski | Santal music
Santal democratic organisations, customs, history and creation traditions (book tip)
Santali language | eBook | A Santali-English dictionary – Archive.org
Santal mission | Santal Parganas
Santali translations of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Vidyasagar-Charit” and “Raktakarabi”
Teaching Santal children by Boro Baski
Traditional music instruments of the Santals at the Museum of Santal Culture
Video | Roots and Branches: The Lifeworld of an Enlightened Villager in West Bengal
Video | Santali video album “Ale Ato” (Our Village, Part 1 of 2) – West Bengal
Women | Safe search | President Droupadi Murmu on women’s empowerment
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