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Marlavai Training Centre – model for present day education of tribal people – Andhra Pradesh

Posted on 24/09/2022 by website administrator

Marlavai village in Jainoor mandal of Adilabad district was not this sleepy when Austrian anthropologist Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf was at work during the decade of 1940. He had launched his pioneering experiment in education of tribal people at this village. … Continue reading →

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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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