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Tip | Kalpavriksh: “COVID-19 crisis as an incredible opportunity to move towards equity and sustainability” – Tamil Nadu

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Ashish Kothari | Read the full story with photos in The Hindu >> Source: “What does self-reliance really mean? Amazing stories emerge from India’s villages” by Ashish Kothari, The Hindu, 5 June 2020URL: https://www.thehindu.com/society/what-does-self-reliance-really-mean-amazing-stories-emerge-from-indias-villages/article31756580.eceDate visited: 19 July 2022 KALPAVRIKSH is a non-profit organisation working on environmental and social issues. The group began in 1979 with … Read more

Slideshow | The Food Book of four communities in the Nilgiri mountains: Gudalur Valley: Here we “realise how sensitive tribals are towards environment and nature” – Tamil Nadu

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Source: Research team (Sayantani Satpathi, Shambhavi Singh & Subhodeep Basu) in “Revisiting the Forest Rights Act: Status of Implementation with respect to Land Tenures and Collection of Minor Forest Produce), Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (New Delhi, 12 July 2019), p. 4URL: https://www.academia.edu/41756309Date visited: 5 October 2o2o The recent trend is to use exotic species for … Read more

Each tribal community retains its distinct rural culture: A small state with 19 sub-tribes – Tripura

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A group of tribals from Tripura have been on a visit to the Nilgiris. The tribals from various parts of India have been brought to the Nilgiris under a scheme sponsored by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The visit is aimed at bridging cultural differences among the tribals and promoting camaraderie among them. The group … Read more

Slideshow | Ancient rock art and modern graffiti: Continuity of tribal tradition since 1500 B.C. – Tamil Nadu

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India has about 5,000 rock art sites, next only to Australia and South Africa, where prehistoric people have recorded life as they saw it, in paintings, engravings and carvings. Finding and decoding this artistic “perception of reality” is a challenge for rock art hunters. | To view the slideshow and read the full article, click here >> Rock art can … Read more

Audio | “Who we are”: Bheel Voice Internet radio – Madhya Pradesh

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Recently Rani Kajal Jeevan Shala (village school) in collaboration with Arizona State University completed the construction of a studio for an internet radio station. The channel is named ” Bheel Voice”. It was a project during the sabbatical of Dr Uttaran Dutta from the university who constructed it and trained Adiwasi students. [Music performances and … Read more