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Tag Archives: Malayarayar
“Kocharethi calls upon us to ethically engage with it, to question our complicity” – First novel by an Adivasi in Kerala
To read the full book review, click here >> Narayan, Kerala’s first tribal novelist, avoids romanticising his milieu. Kocharethi is about the hidden poetry of marginal lives… The temptation to exoticise cultures that have not been commodified yet must be … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Childhood, Colonial policies, Customs, Education and literacy, Health and nutrition, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature - fiction, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), Press snippets, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Malayarayar
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“Economic and social development are interrelated”: Make Kerala’s globally acclaimed system truly inclusive for its Scheduled Tribes
K.S. Madhavan on Kerala’s concept of public education | To read the full article in the Times of India, click here >> […] The concept of public education is based on the objective of inclusiveness. What are the consequences of … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Bees and honey, Customs, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Elephant, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, History, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), Press snippets, Quotes, Rural poverty, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Wayanad, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology, Worship and rituals
Tagged Cholanaikan, Irula, Kadar, Koppalan, Kurichiyan, Kuruman, Kurumba, Malayan, Malayarayar, Marati, Mavilon, Mudugar, Muduvan, Nayadi, Oorali, Paniyar, Pulayar, Ulattan, Urali, Velan
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Scheduled Tribes – Kerala
Tribals in Kerala (known in Malayalam as the Adivasis) are the tribal population found in the Indian state of Kerala. Most of the tribals of Kerala live in the forests and mountains of Western Ghats, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Names and communities, Quotes, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
Tagged Adiyan, Aranda (Arandan), Cholanaickan, Eravallan, Irulan, Irular, Kadar, Kanikar, Kanikkara, Karavazhi Pulayan, Karimpalan, Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken), Kochuvelan, Konga Malayan, Koraga, Kudiya, Kurichchan (Kurichiyan), Kuruman, Kurumba (Kurumban), Kurumba Pulayan, Mahamalasar, Mala Kuruman, Mala Pulayan (Hill Pulaya, Mala Vettuvan, Malai Arayan (Mala Arayan), Malai Pandaran, Malai Vedan (Mala Vedan), Malakkuravan, Malapanickar, Malasar, Malayan, Malayarayar, Mannan, Mavilan, Melakudi (Kudiya), Moopan, Mudugar, Muduvan, Mullu Kuruman (Mulla Kuruman), Muthuvan, Nattu Malayan, Paliyar, Palleyan, Palliya, Palliyan, Pamba, Paniyan, Pulayan, Ten Kurumban (Jenu Kurumban), Thachenadan (Thachenadan), Ulladan, Ullatan, Uraly, Wayanad
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Two novels on West Ghat tribal cultural heritage: Changing perceptions of land and its ownership – Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Two novels that capture local history in English translationEach novel is written from a different angle, yet both chronicle the lives of people attached to their land and customs while facing the pressures imposed by mainstream society: one by male Malayalam writer ‘Narayan’ who … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Assimilation, Childhood, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Customs, Economy and development, Education and literacy, History, Literature - fiction, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri Biosphere, Quotes, Rural poverty, Seasons and festivals, Social conventions, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Tips, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Badaga, Malayarayar
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Books that provide insight into tribal literature: Glimpses of a different world that “dissolve the borders that divide us”
Voices Unheard: Tribal Literature from India to Read Now Pooja Shankar, Words Without Borders, March 29, 2017 | Read the full article with more details of the books discussed >> India is rich with a diversity of religions, arts, customs, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural heritage, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Quotes, Resources, Storytelling, Success story
Tagged Khasi, Malayarayar, Mizo
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