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Education, development, and reform to counter debt bondage: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights revisited

Posted on 18/11/2015 by website administrator

By Swathi Mehta, Tufts University Overview In Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, Dr. Kevin Bales estimates that there are at least 27 million slaves in the world today – more than at any other time in human history. … Continue reading →

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Gond artists help readers to “ask, reflect and engage in what is independent India’s worst affliction” – Critical acclaim for Bhimayana: A graphic novel on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Posted on 21/12/2020 by website administrator

Learn more about the Gond community >> If the book succeeds in making the reader ask what independent India’s worst affliction is, it would go down in history as a document as important as the story of Ambedkar it tells. | … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Central region, Childhood and children, Commentary, Constitution and Supreme Court, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, Economy and development, Gandhian social movement, History, Literature - fiction, Modernity, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Success story | Tagged , | Comments Off on Gond artists help readers to “ask, reflect and engage in what is independent India’s worst affliction” – Critical acclaim for Bhimayana: A graphic novel on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Ekalavya the archer prodigy

Posted on 01/07/2020 by website administrator

Watch this story on Youtube including the self-mutilation scene [=/-11:32]: Eklavya | Mahabharat | Hindi Animated Stories For Kids- 2 | Moral Stories For Children | KahaniyaanURL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgl0L401VkIDate visited: 1 July 2020 [verify on ekalavya-youtube-screenshot-2020-07-01-web.jpg] 3D Animation For Children forms … Continue reading →

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“The relationship between labourer and lender is timeless”: Rescuing forced labour and children – Anti-Slavery International

Posted on 21/06/2020 by website administrator

Many of India’s informal workers are getting pushed into bonded labour during coronavirus crisis | Read the full report in Scroll.in >> Loan sharks are exploiting workers’ inability to repay loans. Many families will instead resort to taking out loans … Continue reading →

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“We are so much more than that”: Book by S. Swarnalatha documenting the lives her own community, the Irula, who are known for their knowledge of nature and medicinal herbs – Tamil Nadu & Kerala

Posted on 15/11/2019 by website administrator

“My grandmother told me if someone ever pointed out our dance movements are peculiar, we should tell them these are the feline steps of a hunter” | To read the full story, click here >> Swarnalatha belongs to the tribal … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Childhood and children, Customs, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Endangered language, Ethnobotany, Games and leisure time, Languages and linguistic heritage, Misconceptions, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Southern region, Storytelling, Worship and rituals | Tagged | Comments Off on “We are so much more than that”: Book by S. Swarnalatha documenting the lives her own community, the Irula, who are known for their knowledge of nature and medicinal herbs – Tamil Nadu & Kerala