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Nirmala Putul: A Santal poet questioning ‘development’ and ‘progress’ in modern civilization
Mountain Child by Nirmala Putul The mountain child —a fragment of the mountain —plays in the lap of the mountain Toddling up the mountainhe plants his feet in the mountain soilto rise like a mountainin the land of mountains The … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Childhood, Literature - fiction, Modernity, Poetry, Quotes, Santali language and literature, Storytelling, Success story, Women
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Spreading benefits evenly across Rajasthan’s tribes: On differences within a state having an above-average tribal population – Rajasthan
Rights for forgotten tribes Predictably, public discourse on the Gujjar-state-Mina (as the census spells them) standoff in Rajasthan has centred on two, or, at best, three issues […] It is easy to forget, in the midst of all this noise, that … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Community facilities, Constitution and Supreme Court, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, History, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Press snippets, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Success story, Tribal identity, Western region – Western Zonal Council
Tagged Bhil, Gujjar-state-Mina, Mina, Munda, Oraon, Saharia (Sahariya), Santal (Santhal)
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In pursuit of “equality for all the citizens”: National Legal Services Authority asked to provide free legal consultations to Scheduled Tribes (ST) – Supreme Court
[…] A Bench [of the Supreme Court], headed by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, asked the authorities to discharge their duties to protect the SCs/STs [Scheduled Tribes] to attain the constitutional goal of equality for all citizens. “The constitutional … Continue reading
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Tribal Politics – adivasi culture, language, and religion in Encyclopedia of India
Tribal Politics The “tribal” peoples or adivasis of India, according to the 2001 census, constitute roughly 8.1 percent of the country’s population, some 83,6 million people, classified under 461 different communities. They occupy a belt stretching from the Bhil regions … Continue reading
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Tagged Bhil, Bodo, Chenchu, Garo, Gond, Gondh, Jarawa, Khasi, Kuki, Kurumba, Mizo, Munda, Naga, Onge, Oraon, Santal (Santhal), Sentinelese, Toda
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Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website
Learn more ab0ut the author’s recent publications here: https://ramachandraguha.in/about-the-author >> We met adivasis who had been persecuted by the Naxalites, and other adivasis who had been tormented by the Salwa Judum vigilantes [i.e. “a strange, not to say bizarre, example … Continue reading →