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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 by Pramod K. Nayar, 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Childhood and children, Colonial policies, Customs, Health and nutrition, History, Literature - fiction, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Press snippets, Southern region, Storytelling, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged 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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Tip | Two novels on West Ghat tribal cultural heritage: Changing perceptions of land and its ownership – Tamil Nadu & Kerala
Useful and enjoyable reading for anyone planning to visit the West Ghats (or having been there before): two novels that capture local history in English translation; each chronicling the lives of people attached to their land and customs while facing the pressures imposed by India’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Assimilation, Childhood and children, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Customs, Economy and development, Education and literacy, History, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Rural poverty, Seasons and festivals, Social conventions, Southern region, Storytelling, Tips, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Badaga, Malayarayar
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