“Our idea of development is based on a very old idea taken up by many great minds such as Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore […] about development from within. Development through the strength of the community’s own.” – Santal educationist Boro Baski quoted in “The Indian school where Indigenous children are ‘never outsiders” by Rosemary Marandi (Al Jazeera Education, 10 February 2020)
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What are the dreams expressed by India’s children today? Their paintings demonstrate that for them, just as for their peers worldwide, natural surroundings are dreams worth aspiring to: trees, birds and animals and a cozy home near clean rivers, and of course, a clear view of the sky. In other words, the very conductions needed to … Read more
I have often heard it said by some of the tribal activists that Gandhi had no take on the Girijans (his term for Adivasis). However, during my twenty years of work among Adivasis in Gujarat, I find a number of community leaders who subscribe to the Gandhian way of life. The most eminent among the Gandhians … Read more
Why Museums? […] You need qualifications for it? Isn’t it just about arranging things in glass cases inside a room? Going by the state of museums in India, these responses are not unreasonable. Cobwebbed galleries, turgid two-line labels, ponderous text panels, indifferent staff and curators who refuse to descend from their summit of impenetrable expertise … Read more
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I. Gandhian Organisations: Striving for Change Following are the brief sketches of the four organisations which have been covered under the study. All four of them are based in southern part of Gujarat, mainly conducting activities in predominantly tribal areas. […] i. Gram Seva Samaj, (GSS) Vyara Gram Seva Samaj, Vyara was established in 1957. … Read more