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eBook | Adivasi languages – Ganesh Devy on changing languages and the question of legislation
There are two things. One is the state of Indian languages— the bhashas. Prof. Ananthamurthy has often argued that the bhashas have been drawing conditionally from many other bhasha systems, the subsets of bhashas. I’m only reporting what he has said—there’s … Continue reading
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Video | “Nations don’t make us human – languages make us human”: Ganesh Devy – People’s Linguistic Survey of India
The census of India says the country is losing languages at an alarming rate. But the People’s Linguistic Survey of India seems to say there’s more to it than meets the eye. Wherever the colonial power was played the local … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Cultural heritage, Democracy, Education and literacy, Endangered language, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Government of India, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Modernity, Multi-lingual education, Northern region – Northern Zonal Council, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Regions of India, Resources, Revival of traditions, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Success story, Tribal identity, Video resources - external, Western region – Western Zonal Council
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eBook | “Painted Words”: An Anthology edited by Prof Ganesh Devy – Tribal Literature from all over India
“It is almost impossible to characterize all of India’s tribals in a single ethnographic or historic framework. […] After Independence, these communities were ‘denotified’ and placed quite randomly in the schedules of tribes, castes and other ‘backward communities’. Yet anyone … Continue reading
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Constructive action is our only future – Prof. Ganesh Devy on the “adivasiness of the tribals” in Gujarat
WHEN Gujarat was burning between 27 February and 4 March [2002], the tribal belt on the eastern border of Gujarat was quiet. The only exception was the two districts of Panchmahals for which Godhra is the main town. Elsewhere in … Continue reading
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Museum & Society – A re-evaluation of Adivasi Heritage by Prof. Ganesh Devy
“There is an intimate connection between the historical process of the creation of ‘Adivasi’ as a social category and the construction of the knowledge about the Adivasi communities as well as the popular imagery of Adivasis. Therefore, the management of memory … Continue reading →