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“Tribal communities are a standing example” – National workshop highlights the role of tribal women in the preservation of eco historic cultural heritage in India
Mari Marcel Thekaekara, writer and Co-founder of ACCORD-Nilgiris says the tribal communities are a standing example of how women play a major role in preservation of eco historic cultural heritage in India “Once, I was walking with this young tribal … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Childhood, Commentary, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Elephant, History, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Nilgiri Biosphere, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Seasons and festivals, Social conventions, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Success story, Tribal elders, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
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Dealing with challenges for Adivasis in states having widely different human development indicators – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha & West Bengal
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed how rooted structural imbalances are between rural and urban, male and female, rich and poor, even in the digital world. | Read the full report in Scroll.in >> […] While 66% of India’s population lives … Continue reading
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Report on “Tribes in Transition” Conference in Santiniketan – West Bengal
Report by the Convener Dr. Ivy Imogene Hansdak, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi – 110025 (ivyihansdak@gmail.com) in consultation with the Co-Convener Dr. Boro Baski, Trustee, Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust (Regd. under Indian Trust Registration Act, 1982), Ghosaldanga, P.O. Sattore, Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal – … Continue reading
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”No one wants the forest to disappear”: Dr. Felix Padel on peace, justice, the Forest Rights Act and music
How could peace be brought, with justice? Is there even a movement for peace? How does this war compare with other wars in India, and worldwide? Few have targeted civilian villagers as remorselessly, though Ashoka’s Kalinga war, over 2,000 years … Continue reading →