Tag Archives: Kharia

Adivasi societies – a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups in South Asia

Posted on 08/09/2021 by website administrator

Adivasi (a Hindi word that literally means the original inhabitants) is a term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups believed to be the aboriginal population of India. Adivasi societies are present in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and … Continue reading →

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Unicef packages: tribal languages as the medium of instruction for children – Jharkhand

Posted on 29/07/2021 by website administrator

At a time when the state is red-faced about rural primary schoolchildren clueless in class, Unicef (Jharkhand) has embarked upon a pioneering project of preparing textbooks in tribal and regional languages for children for whom Hindi is as alien a … Continue reading →

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eJournal | “Wild resources provides considerable subsistence support to local livelihoods”: Forests and food security

Posted on 04/06/2021 by website administrator

Around one billion people rely on wild harvested products for nutrition and income and the “invisible” trade in wild resources is estimated to generate $90 billion/annum. In India alone the livelihoods of around 6 million people are maintained by the … Continue reading →

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Tribal culture in Jharkhand – Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre

Posted on 08/10/2020 by website administrator

Carved out of Bihar in 2000, many treasures of the relatively new state of Jharkhand situated in the Chota Nagpur Plateau is still less known to most people. Nature wears her best clothes in this state. Many rivers like the … Continue reading →

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Video | Tribal culture and natural resources: The Chota Nagpur plateau of eastern India – Jharkhand

Posted on 30/11/2019 by website administrator

Chota Nagpur plateau is in eastern India, in Jharkhand state. The plateau is composed of Precambrian rocks (more than 540,000,000 years old). Chota Nagpur is the collective name for the Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Kodarma plateaus, which have an area of … Continue reading →

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