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Search Results for: Rajasthan
Video | Development starts with community: Bunker Roy (Founder, Barefoot College) – Rajasthan
AddressBAREFOOT COLLEGETilonia-305816, Via MadanganjDistrict Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Source: Barefoot College | Contact UsAddress : http://www.barefootcollege.org/about/contact-us/Date Visited: Sat Nov 09 2013 19:46:25 GMT+0100 (CET) Barefoot College is a non-governmental organization that has been providing basic services and solutions to problems in … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Gandhian social movement, Homes and utensils, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Networking, Organizations, Puppetry, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rural poverty, Social conventions, Storytelling, Success story, Video resources - external, 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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School enrolment and literacy: State priorities towards education under colonial rule and since India’s independence – Gujarat, Jharkhand, Manipur, Rajasthan & West Bengal
Why does China soar where India continues to struggle? The most basic reason is state priorities towards education. As of 1947, the literacy rate in India was barely 11%. But the Chinese emulated Japan’s earlier policy choices (and were themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Childhood, Colonial policies, De- and re-tribalisation, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, History, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Press snippets, Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council, Tribal identity, Western region – Western Zonal Council
Tagged Meitei, Mizo, Naga
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Appreciation for paintings from Maharashtra’s ‘Pinguli Chitragathi’ and Rajasthan’s ‘Mewar School’: An astonishing variety of local art
“Our country, being home to so many states and cultures, has an astonishing variety of local art. Most people, however, are not aware of it.” Meena Verma, the founder-director of ‘Arts of the Earth’ gallery in Lado Sarai (Delhi) | … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Community facilities, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Eco tourism, Economy and development, Modernity, Museum collections - India, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Puppetry, Revival of traditions, Success story, Tourism, Tribal identity, Western region – Western Zonal Council, Women
Tagged Thakar
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“What unites Indians is a love for songs”: Adivasi music – Rajasthan and Gujarat
Our historical memory privileges singers – such as Kabir, Mira, Nanak, and Akka Mahadevi – over other cultural icons It should not be an exaggeration if one claims that in terms of the average citizen’s ability to recall a large … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Cultural heritage, Customs, Modernity, Music and dance, Musicology, Names and communities, Press snippets, Storytelling, Success story, Tribal identity, Western region – Western Zonal Council, Women
Tagged Banjara, Bharthari, Bhil, Nayak
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