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Tag Archives: Gond
“Facilitate integration of tribal medical system and modern medicine”: Undernutrition and childhood morbidities due to inaction
Indian J Med Res. 2005 Jul ;122 (1):43-7 16106089 Cit:8 Undernutrition & childhood morbidities among tribal preschool children. [My paper] V G Rao, Rajeev Yadav, C K Dolla, Surendra Kumar, M K Bhondeley, Mahendra UkeyRegional Medical Research Centre for Tribals … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Childhood and children, eBook eJournal PDF, Figures, census and other statistics, Health and nutrition, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rural poverty
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Tribal Politics – adivasi culture, language, and religion in Encyclopedia of India
Tribal Politics The “tribal” peoples or adivasis of India, according to the 2001 census, constitute roughly 8.1 percent of the country’s population, some 83,6 million people, classified under 461 different communities. They occupy a belt stretching from the Bhil regions … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Assimilation, Bastar, Colonial policies, De- and re-tribalisation, Ecology and environment, Endangered language, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nilgiri, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rural poverty, Sacred grove, Tribal identity, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bhil, Bodo, Chenchu, Garo, Gond, Gondh, Jarawa, Khasi, Kuki, Kurumba, Mizo, Munda, Naga, Onge, Oraon, Santal, Sentinelese, Toda
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Tribal Research and Development Institute (Bhopal): A ‘nodal’ centre in support of tribal culture – Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan & Chhattisgarh
Activities The Institute has carried out extensive ethnographic studies on the tribes of Madhya Pradesh and maintains a rich database in its documentation centre. Evaluation and impact assessment studies of schemes of the government related to development and empowerment of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Libraries, Museum collections - India, Names and communities, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Seasons and festivals, Tribal identity
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In search of a development that preserves the best parts of Adivasi culture and collectivity: Imagining an alternative “Discovery Of India”
Call us adivasis, please If Adivasis were to start writing their own Discovery Of India, it would be something like this: There are those who talk of India’s “5000 year-old culture,” there are those who talk of its “timeless traditions.” … Continue reading →