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“The relationship between labourer and lender is timeless”: Rescuing forced labour and children – Anti-Slavery International
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
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Childhood and children, Economy and development, History, Modernity, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Success story, Tribal elders
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Striving for a “just, free and equitable society” by combating human trafficking, slavery and child labour: Shakti Vahini – Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa & West Bengal
Shakti Vahini visions, aspires and strives for Just, Free and Equitable society. We consider it a duty of every citizen to have social concerns and strive for the progress and development of society. In our efforts and struggle to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Constitution and Supreme Court, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Figures, census and other statistics, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Modernity, Names and communities, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), Press snippets, Quotes, Rural poverty, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Success story, Tips, Women
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Vacationing in a responsible and compassionate manner: Wayanad – Kerala
For the tribes The Priyadarshini Tea Estate was begun as a cooperative society in 1985 to provide a means of livelihood for the Adivasis who were released from bonded labour. I was told the proceeds of our stay at the … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Games and leisure time, Government of India, Homes and utensils, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Press snippets, Rural poverty, Tourism, Wayanad
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Search tip | Follow a guided tour of this website
HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT India’s indigenous communities are commonly known as Adivasi (“original inhabitants”), a term introduced in the early 20th century and subject to debate ever since: official reports and documents refer to them as “Scheduled tribes” (ST), for instance the Indian … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Education and literacy, History, Misconceptions, Modernity, Tagore and rural culture, Tips, Tribal identity
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“A book that fills a gaping hole in the literature on Adivasis”: A Rogue and Peasant Slave by Shashank Kela
The Nine Per CentBy Stan Thekaekara An incisive account of adivasi survival, from colonial risings to contemporary insurgencies IS IT an anthropological study by an academic, a textbook by a historian, a political polemic by an activist or a novel? … Continue reading
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