“The whole body of writings on the tribes has been marked by i) Orientalist stereotyping ii) nationalism, because of which they were largely misrepresentations.” – Joseph Bara, on the need to critique the existing narratives and knowledge systems about the tribals in India, Report on the National Conference “Tribes In Transition-II: Reaffirming Indigenous Identity Through Narrative” (2017)
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The objective of the scheme is to make special efforts to encourage folk and tribal arts and to frame special programmes for the preservation and strengthening of the vanishing art forms. Through this scheme, the root of the Indian culture is explored and the artistes from the rural belt are provided with a stage to … Read more
Ritesh Mishra, Hindustan Times, Indore, 13-3-16 Halma has united tribes people to conserve environment and water Until now, tribes people have planted more than 11,000 trees in 110 villages, repaired more than 250 hand pumps and dug more than three dozen big ponds in the region, under the drive. More than 10,000 Bhil tribes people from more than … Read more
https://archive.org/details/tribaldemography031951mbp Tribal Demography In Indiaby Mamoria, C. BPublished [Allahabad] 1957Topics SOCIAL SCIENCES, Theories and methods in social sciences, Methods of the social sciencesPublisher Kitab MahalPages 182Language EnglishBook contributor Osmania University FOREWORDFor some strange reason, all the studies on Indian demography, have hitherto ignored the question of India’s aboriginal population. In fact, many do not know that we have in our country more than fifty … Read more
Rabindranath Tagore: adventure of ideas and innovative practices in education by Prof. Kumkum Bhattacharya (Springer, 2014) | Publication details and libraries on Worldcat.org >> About this book This new addition to Springer’s series on Key Thinkers in World Education tracks the intellectual and philosophical journey of a trail-blazing innovator whose ideas have fired the imaginations of progressive … Read more
Also read “To know, is to protect” by Madhav Gadgil (excerpt) | Full text in The Hindu Opinion (13 June 2012) >>