Government of India

“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)
https://www.presidentofindia.gov.in/press-release.htm
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=52591

A balanced curriculum that helps children “retain the tribal values that have relevance even today and accept the good brought in by modernization”: Interview with the founders of the Vidyodaya School for Adivasi children – Tamil Nadu

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The Vidyodaya School Tucked away in the Blue Mountains, close to Ooty, the tourist destination of Tamil Nadu in southern India, is the small sleepy town of Gudalur, the home town of Rama and B. Ramdas. Gudalur is a land of tea, coffee and pepper. The region is home to the Betta Kurumba, Mullu Kurumba, … Read more

The quest for cultural generosity: A book on linguistic diversity and the human ability to “forge a safe and sustainable relationship with nature”

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The extinction of languages leads to cultural loss and disinheritance of the human race as a part of its collective past vanishes, argues G.N. Devy The silence the eminent scholar and cultural activist G.N. Devy refers to in The Question of Silence is a malaise of modernity. | To read the full book review, click … Read more

Globalisation in a historical perspective: “Histories of the Adivasis have largely been neglected”

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Globalisation, Environmentally Non-sustainable Growth and the Plight of the Adivasis of India Historian Anjana Singh offers insights into Adivasi’s living conditions In this article the attempt will be made to analyse the long-term and current challenges of the adivasis. The problem is twofold: on the one hand economic development is a necessity for India; on … Read more

Improvement in education: An enormous task but not difficult with perseverance

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A sustainable improvement in the quality would happen only when there is an effort to improve quality along with inclusion. This cannot be achieved by creating a few centers of excellence.  | Read the full blog here >> An improvement would happen only when the current set of teachers (whatever be their limitations) are empowered … Read more

“A great deal of things could be learnt from their culture”: Nehru and his assurance that tribes may “develop on the lines of their own genius”

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The Tribal Culture of IndiaBy Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi, Binay Kumar Rai A great deal of things could be learnt from their culture – Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of free India Source: The Tribal Culture of India – Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi, Binay Kumar Rai – Google BooksAddress: https://books.google.nl/booksDate Visited: 28 September 2019 Use the WorldCat.org search … Read more