Tribal Cultural Heritage in India
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The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade …
Read the full interview here >> Budhaditya Bhattacharya, The Hindu, NEW DELHI, August 30, 2013 Ruby Hembrom on Adivaani and the challenges of publishing Adivasi writing in English On August 8 …
[…] We’ve instituted a small prize of a book, out of love, on the International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9th, 2013. We’re short on what we can …
Deccan Herald, Sunday 8 April 2012 – Mysore Illegal mining in forests is destroying the life and culture of schedule tribes, opined Dr H Sudarshan, director of Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra. He …
Excerpt from “Rage Of A Silent, Invisible Killer Called Malnutrition – Why Shining India Is In Grip Of An Epic Calamity” by Damayanti Datta | Read the full article >>Despite …
The rights of indigenous peoples must be protected and respected. | To read the full message by UNICEF, UNFPA and UNESCO’s Asia Pacific Regional Directors calling on countries to give …
Enjoy A Feast in The Forest In MaharashtraA few summers ago, I visited Vanvadi forest for the first time. I had just met the environmentalist Bharat Mansata, who asked me …
Source: General Assembly, United Nations, A/RES/49/214, 17 February 1995URL: https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/49/214Date visited: 14 June 2020 For up-to-date information, visit the UN-website here >> By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that …