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BASTAR tribal communities central India – Baiga Gond Madia Maria Muria Dhruva Bhatra Halba Baiga Bhatra Dhruva Gond Halba Madia Maria Muria
Bastar Dasara in Jagdalpur (July – October): Ancient customs and modernity – Chhattishgarh
In the heart of Bastar, where the beauty of the jungle holds sway, is a Dasara celebration unchanged by the passage of time | Read the full story and view more photos here >> She’s attired in a shocking pink sari tied till … Continue reading
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Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website
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 →