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Selected writings by anthropologist Verrier Elwin (1902-64)

Posted on 21/10/2014 by website administrator

The Oxford India Elwinby G.N. Devy (ed.) 440 Pages | 80 line illus. & photographsISBN: 9780195697919, Rs. 795From presenting Elwin’s work among the tribal peoples of central India, to affording glimpses of his seminal work on the unique institution of the ghotul among … Continue reading →

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Elwin’s ‘tribal’ world – 28 poems in English inspired by tribal India

Posted on 03/06/2012 by website administrator

The Telegraph, Calcutta, Friday , March 2 , 2012 Elwin’s ‘tribal’ world ANANYA S. GUHA Book title: 28 Poems Author: Verrier Elwin Publisher: North East Zonal Cultural Centre Pages: 35 Price: Rs 150 Verrier Elwin, the anthropologist and Indologist who … Continue reading →

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Tribal villages, artisans and modern art – Chhattisgarh

Posted on 18/06/2020 by website administrator

India Today, July 14, 2011 Tribal villagesIt is truly an enriching human experience to visit a tribal village. Generally these picturesque villages of mud huts painted bright blue, and paths marked by artistic wooden fences, are some way off the highway.You … Continue reading →

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Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website

Posted on 20/04/2020 by website administrator

Guha’s books include a pioneering environmental history, The Unquiet Woods (Oxford University Press, 1989); Savaging the Civilized (University of Chicago Press, 1999), A life of the anthropologist-activist Verrier Elwin which the Times Literary Supplement called the ‘best biography by an Indian for many years’, an … Continue reading →

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Adivasi music – bibliography

Posted on 30/10/2019 by website administrator

Babiracki, C.M., ‘Tribal music in the study of great and little traditions of Indian music’. In: B. Nettl (ed.), Comparative musicology and anthropology of music. Chicago, 1990. Bhattachary S., 5., Ethno-musicology and India. Calcutta,1968. Deva, B.C., Musical instruments. Delhi, 1977. … Continue reading →

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