“National development and the development of tribal communities are linked to each other.” – The President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu (The Hindu, 15 November 2022)
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Meena Menon, The Hindu, August 1, 2012 New Jalda is an example of how, in the name of the tiger, clearing core forest areas of people who have always lived there does not work well for them For a tribe that was forbidden from ploughing the earth by religious tenets and had a special ceremony … Read more
Source: The Hindu : Arts / Books : In support of an obscure people in an obscure landAddress : http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3704463.ece?homepage=trueDate Visited: Tue Jul 31 2012 19:18:01 GMT+0200 (CEST) While academic historians try to meaningfully understand how the past differs from the present, pseudo-historians want to realise the political ambition of projecting their version of the … Read more
Source: “No roaring approval in tiger country”, Times Of India, 5 June 2012Address : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-05/flora-fauna/32054967_1_forest-dwellers-tiger-reserves-forest-rights-actDate Visited: Mon Jun 11 2012 18:10:07 GMT+0200 (CEST)
P. S. Suresh Kumar, The Hindu, NAGERCOIL, June 1, 2012 For M. Rejitha, going to college is fraught with much anxiety. […] Belonging to the Kaani tribe, she has to make a long trek through the forest before she can reach a narrow lane where the bus halts. During rainy season, this trek becomes more arduous … Read more
R. Arivanantha, The Hindu, KRISHNAGIRI, June 7, 2012 An entire community in Vallimalai village now looks to 18-year-old M. Rajapandi to act as a catalyst for change. Hailing from the socially and economically backward Narikurava community, he is on the threshold of a course in medicine after passing the Plus-Two examination scoring 1,167 marks out of … Read more