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Tagore’s call to end the enslavement of India’s peasantry remains relevant today: Modern slavery is still very common – Global Slavery Index & UNICEF
Tagore’s alienation and the zamindari system [Rabindranath Tagore] conspicuously distanced himself from the middle class, or the bhadralok, although they constituted the head and front of his audience as an author. Tagore’s alienation from such people can be contrasted with his … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adverse inclusion, Childhood, Colonial policies, Customs, Democracy, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Government of India, History, Modernity, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tagore and rural culture, Women
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Gond artists help readers to “ask, reflect and engage in what is independent India’s worst affliction” – Critical acclaim for Bhimayana: A graphic novel on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Learn more about the Gond community >> If the book succeeds in making the reader ask what independent India’s worst affliction is, it would go down in history as a document as important as the story of Ambedkar it tells. | … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Childhood, Commentary, Constitution and Supreme Court, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, Economy and development, Gandhian social movement, History, Literature - fiction, Modernity, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Success story
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“A mine of information” that questions earlier writings on tribals, colonial history and the effects of globalization: Book review – Jharkhand and Bihar
A plateau accounting for half of the country’s mineral wealth comprising coal, iron-ore, copper, bauxite, chromite, dolomite, limestone, manganese and mica in erstwhile Chotanagpur area deserves to be studied in depth not only for the minerals but for its human … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Chotanagpur, Colonial policies, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, History, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Modernity, Music and dance, Press snippets, Rural poverty, Social conventions, Storytelling, Tribal identity, Women, Worship and rituals
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ePaper | Writing and teaching Santali in different alphabets: A success story calling for a stronger sense of self-confidence – West Bengal
Santali is one of India’s many Adivasi languages. Today, seven different alphabets are used to write in it. Some argue that this great variety does not help the community’s development. | Read the full article by Boro Baski (3,3 MB) … Continue reading →