Tribal Cultural Heritage in India
Showcasing new initiatives in education
The Indian Constitution recognizes only 22 languages. Of these only two adivasi languages, Santhali and Bodo are included in the Schedule of Languages. As per the 1991 Census there are …
India has the most diversified population of native peoples worldwide “According to the official Census held in 2001, Adivasis [indigenous peoples] constitute 8 per cent of the nation’s total population, …
Mrs Uma Ram, Professor & Head Department of English Government Kakatiya PG College, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh Bastar, a part of Dandakaranya inancient time, is both a district as also a division in …
The Regional Centre of Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute (TCR&TI) has laid renewed focus on preserving and popularising the rich collection of objects and artefacts of tribal communities at …
Several Organizations promoting the welfare of India’s tribal communities have enlisted the services of professionals: the Success stories associated with Accord, the Video Volunteers and many committed journalists working for India’s periodicals; information specialists starting a literacy project; …
According to the Unesco Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger 2009, India has around 196 endangered languages. Prof. Omkar Koul, former director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, observes: …
As demands for a Sarna religious code in Census 2021 grow in Jharkhand, RSS-backed outfits are busy trying to convince the tribal people that they are Hindus. Abhinay Lakshman reports …
Though India is hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, our small cluster of two Adivasi villages in West Bengal has not suffered infections yet. We do feel the economic impacts …