eBook | Lessons from the Kattunayakan and Soliga tribal communities: Recent studies on better forest fire management – Tamil Nadu & Karnataka

Notes from the Other Side of a Forest Fire by Tarsh Thekaekara, Abi Tamim Vanak, Ankila J Hiremath, Nitin D Rai, Jayashree Ratnam, Raman Sukumar in Economic & Political Weekly, June 24, 2017Source: Courtesy Tarsh Thekaekara by email (18 July 2017) | To read the full text, click the download link Notes from the other side of a … Read more

Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia (Exhibition Catalogue 2017) – UK

Cambridge: MAA & Kolkata: Adivaani/One of Us. Exhibition Catalogue: 136pp; Full Colour; ISBN 978-0-947595-24-1 Written by Mark Elliott, Senior Curator (Anthropology), Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge; Foreward by Nicholas Thomas; Afterward by Ruby Hembrom >> Over one hundred artefacts, paintings and photographs from the collections of MAA, many of which have never been exhibited before, … Read more

Hambreelmai’s Loom: A story retold by Mamang Dai – Arunachal Pradesh

First Khasi and Mishmi books for children By Kanika Sharma | To read the full review, click here >> Chennai-based children’s publishing house Tulika Books has introduced two picture books on International Literacy Day (September 8) — Race of the Rivers and Hambreelmai’s Loom. Khasi writer Esther Syiem has retold the folktale of Ka lew and … Read more

“The sometimes disturbing story of how we are treating our fragile islands” – Andaman & Nicobar

Books on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Pankaj Sekhsaria 1) Islands in Flux – the Andaman and Nicobar Story (2017)2) The Last Wave – An Island Novel (2014)3) The Jarawa Tribal Reserve Dossier (2010) The three books, signed by the author, are available at a special set price of Rs. 750. Please write to thelastwave1@gmail.com for details and … Read more

eBook | JAGWAR Santal Literary Meet 2017 to focus on “Tribal Literature in the Changing World”: Johar HRD Centre, Dumka – Jharkhand

JAGWAR-3SANTAL LITERARY MEET: SANTAL ONOLIA HELMEL 2017Tribal Literature in the Changing WorldDate: yet to be decided (postponed from 6-7 January 2017)Johar HRD Centre, Dumka, Jharkhand, India Concept Note “The more things change, the more things remain the same.” This seminar will focus on issues of continuity and change in the context of Adivasi/ tribal/ indigenous literature. … Read more