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Enrolling Irula and Narikurava children in Sarva Siksha Abiyan (government) schools: Parents realize the importance of education – Tamil Nadu

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R. Arivanantham, The Hindu, Krishnagiri, January 5, 2011 The Sarva Siksha Abiyan (SSA) has been taking all efforts to improve the standard of education of the less privileged Narikuravas and Irulas in the district. Among the 10 blocks in the district, non-enrolment these people in schools is predominant in Thaly, Kelamangalam, Shoolagiri, Hosur and Uthangarai adjoining … Read more

Forest Department recruitment drive among forest-dwelling tribes: Protecting inhospitable forest terrain – Kerala

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State to conduct special recruitment drive Chinnappa Raja, chief of the Muduvan tribe in the Malakkapara forest areas of Thrissur district, is elated at the decision of the Forest Department to recruit 700 tribal people as forest watchers. — Photo: C. Suresh Kumar The State government has cleared a Forest Department proposal to create 700 … Read more

Ruby Hembrom on Adivaani’s prize for English writing on indigenous ideology, thought and knowledge – International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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Read the full interview here >> Budhaditya Bhattacharya, The Hindu, NEW DELHI, August 30, 2013 Ruby Hembrom on Adivaani and the challenges of publishing Adivasi writing in English On August 8 this year, the eve of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Ruby Hembrom decided to institute Adivasi Pickle, a “prize for indigenous ideology, thought … Read more

Causes for the tiger’s decline: Scientists point towards hunting by the British and by Indian and Mughal princes, agriculture and urbanisation

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Michael Parker, The Hindu, July 29, 2013 The tiger population has dropped precipitously from around 40,000 in 1850 to fewer than 2,000 today, and as their numbers and habitat have shrunk, so has their choice of mating partners. The findings will come as a blow to the Indian government, whose conservationists believe that several years of rising … Read more

Tip | Teaching children how to use a video camera: “Beyond Borders” on the universality of our need for water – Delhi

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Tushar Khurana, The Hindu, Delhi, April 15, 2013 Children experiment with a variety of genres to make films on water So what do you get when you take a bunch of kids, show them some documentaries, teach them how to use a video camera, and then leave them to it? Based on the evidence, the answer … Read more