Economy & development

“For how long will I have to/ Bear the pain of development
Or is it that I will be done to death/ Before attaining development?”
Quote from a poem by Ram Dayal Munda titled “The Pain of Development (Vikas Ka Dard)”
https://joharjournal.org/ram-dayal-munda/
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=4548

The Forest comes to the city: “Vatavaran”, India’s largest festival on environment and wildlife issues – New Delhi

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Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena made the award winning film “I cannot give you my forest” | Synopsis | Learn more about their documentary | Festival website: http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org Contact Kavita BahlDirector, Top Quark Films Private LimitedDelhi, India099100 37244https://www.facebook.com/pages/Top-Quark-Films/103419556380496 Press reports Coverage of the CMS Vatavaran film festival and the film I cannot give you my Forest: ABOUT THE FESTIVAL … Read more

“Asking, we walk”: A book on listening to the stories of those who dwell there

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Asking, we walk: The South as New Political Imaginary: Edited by Corinne Kumar; Streelekha Publications, 33/1-9, Thyagaraj Layout, Jaibharath Nagar, Bangalore-560033. Rs. 2400. Sruthi Krishnan, The Hindu, 12 November 2013 Reading the fourth book of the series ‘Asking, we walk: the south as new political imaginary’ is like roaming the streets of a busy hamlet … Read more

Self-help groups that improve the skills of tribal women and increase their income: Benefitting from the abundance of jackfruit – Odisha

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Author(s) M Suchitra , July 05,2015, downtoearth.org.in Source : Down To Earth Current Issue Support – Down To Earth A machine empowers Odisha’s tribal women JhunuMALIK, a resident of Kanteikoli tribal village in Mohanataluk of Odisha’s Gajapati district, takes just two minutes to peel off the hard, latex-filled outer rind of a jackfruit, and she does … Read more

Tribal participation in efforts to overcome diseases and malnutrition: Tribal activist and medical doctor Dr. Kamalakshi – Kerala

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A doctor couple have dedicated their life to the tribal people of Attappady. Till two decades ago, the majority of tribal people in Attappady were reluctant to approach doctors even in cases of emergency, preferring herbal medicines they inherited through generations. The number of patients turning up at the sole primary health centre at Agali … Read more

Video | Listen to the voices of the world’s unheard communities – videovolunteers.org

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Eind is a popular festival of the Munda tribal community in Jharkhand. Community Correspondent Warles Surin shows the celebrations and tells the history of the festival. Community Correspondents come from marginalised communities in India and produce videos on unreported stories. These stories are ’news by those who live it.’ They give the hyperlocal context to … Read more