Implementing development schemes for the poor in a deeply hierarchized society
A revealing set of US studies has got Urvashi Butalia thinking about how the rich behave in Delhi. My office is located in an urban village in the heart of Delhi. …
Tip | Tribal culture worldwide: Search newint.org
To read the regular newint.org blog on developments in India by Mari Marcel Thekaekara (e.g. Adivasi culture, environmental issues and women’s rights) and others (i.e. tribal culture worldwide), search here: http://newint.org/themes/society/indigenous-peoples/>> Related posts Democracy …
On equality and sharing: “a truly amazing sight” – Tamil Nadu
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, The New Internationalist, September 14, 2012 Culture is a tricky thing. How do we define it? Who decides when customs and traditions, even ancient, cherished ones, can …
Fund raiser cycle trip for an amazing school for adivasi kids – Karnataka
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, New Internationalist, March 19, 2012 The organization I work with, ACCORD – which aims to improve the human rights of adivasi people in India – arranged a fund raiser …
Dialogues through dance – Mallika Sarabhai and her troupe in Gudalur – Tamil Nadu
MARI MARCEL THEKAEKARA, The Hindu, 1 May 2010 Universal language: Darpana performs in Gudalur. As Mallika Sarabhai and her troupe performed for the adivasis in Gudalur, it ignited a spark, of using …
Tribal culture
“Adivasi people have an alternative world view, which has rarely been acknowledged or recognized. Their existence was never based on accumulation or consumerism. […] All of us can learn from …