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“Fire in our Hearts”: Award winning tribal documentary – Thane/New York

Posted on 13/06/2022 by website administrator

A documentary film made by fifteen year-old Jayshree Janu Kharpade, a tribal girl from Wada taluka of Thane district, has won an award in the Asian American Film Festival held in New York recently [in 2012]. Jayashree, who studies in … Continue reading →

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eJournal | “Environmental groups and movements have been at the forefront of efforts to democratize state institutions”

Posted on 27/10/2021 by website administrator

[…] In India, as elsewhere, colonialism is “first, foremost and always” about land. As in North America and Africa, the policing of reserve forests has often resulted in what amounts to ethnic cleansing, with Indigenous peoples being evicted from their … Continue reading →

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Audio | “We raise the grandkids”: The Braveheart Women’s Society – South Dakota (USA)

Posted on 10/10/2021 by website administrator

[24:50] We are a colonized people. But there’s always the extended family. […] In our world either the aunty takes them or it’s the grandmother. We raise the grandkids. | Download and listen as podcast (27:25) >> Subscribe to the … Continue reading →

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Video | Ekalavya discussed in an interview with noted Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Posted on 20/07/2021 by website administrator

Writers Talk Politics | Ngugi wa Thiong’o in conversation with Sudhanva Deshpande Commenting on Ekalavya “who ends up being disabled despite that Dhrona never really taught him – he taught himself – but even with that he is disabled so … Continue reading →

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Audio | Historical recordings of Santali songs (1931): Arnold Bake’s recordings at Kairabani – Jharkhand

Posted on 09/07/2021 by website administrator

In Kairabani [Arnold Bake] photographed Santali pupils playing their instruments at the mission, but he seems to have been dissatisfied with the sober ambience of the premises. To also have a picture of a Santali musician in a natural environment, … Continue reading →

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