eBook | “We are strong and industrious people”: Migration in a region suitable for tribal settlement, the cultivation of paddy and pulses, and rich in forest products – Odisha

Neoliberal Development, Displacement and Resistance movement: The Case of Kalinga Nagar Industrial complex, Odisha, India | To read the full paper by Dinabandhu Sahoo and Niharranjan Mishra (NIT Rourkela), click here >> The tribals of Kalinga Nagar have been migrated from different districts of Chotanagpur in the last part of 19th century and early 20th century. … Read more

Congratulations & “Hul Johaar” to Prof. Sonajharia Minz: Appointment as Vice Chancellor, Sidhu Kanhu Murumu University – Jharkhand

Source: email from Ramdas Bhaskaran, Viswa Bharati Vidyodaya Trust, 4 June 2020 Sonajharia Minz was a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, as well as the president of the JNU Teachers’ Association. She has now become the vice-chancellor of SKMU-Dumka, replacing M.K. Sinha. Source: Telegraph Calcutta, 29 May 2020URL: https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/kolhan-varsity-s-new-head-pushes-for-job-oriented-courses-in-tribal-belt/cid/1776666Date visited: 4 June … Read more

Languages, traditions and culture of tribals to be protected: New dictionaries of unique tribal languages – Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute

MYSURU: For the first time, Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute (KSTRI) has come up with a novel initiative to preserve languages of tribals in the state. KSTRI is gearing to launch dictionaries of tribal languages. As part of the work in the first phase, KSTRI is working on languages of Hakki Pikki and Dungri Garasia … Read more

eBook | Constitutional obligations towards communities “suffering from extreme social, educational and economic backwardness” and “untouchability” – Government of India

Welcome to NCST – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes The framers of the Constitution took note of the fact that certain communities in the country were suffering from extreme social, educational and economic backwardness arising out of age-old practice of untouchability and certain others on account of this primitive agricultural practices, lack of infrastructure facilities and … Read more

Tip | Photo essay: The lives of the unseen, unheard men and women who build the cities we inhabit – Scroll.in

The most iconic image of India’s fight for freedom is the Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi. The frail, yet tightly-knotted musculature of the Mahatma, with a band of men and women following in his wake, is entrenched in the national consciousness. The defining images of India’s Independence are the many visuals of Partition, of … Read more