Media portrayal

“[W]e live in a world of rapid development in the media [and] everyone has different influences from where they live and change in different directions.” – Santali poet, scholar and translator Ivy Imogene Hansdak interviewed by Norwegian writer and filmmaker Audun Nedrelid (The Johar Journal, Vol. II, January-June 2021)
https://joharjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Volume-II-January-June-2021.pdf
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=35277

Tip | Find information on the cultural heritage and relations of the “Seven Sister States” of northeastern India

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The seven sister states of northeast — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura — and the Himalayan state of Sikkim could well become India’s next music epicentre. – Ruhi Batra in the Times of India

The world’s 370 million Indigenous peoples: Shared experiences in 70 different countries – United Nations

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Global Actions Indigenous Foundations (First Nations Studies Program, University of British Columbia, Canada) | Learn more >> There are an estimated 370 million Indigenous peoples worldwide, living in 70 different countries, according to the United Nations (U.N.) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Despite vast diversity among Indigenous groups around the world, Indigenous populations share similar experiences … Read more

“Miss India indigenous” (Adivasi Moolvasi Janjatiya Miss India): India’s first indigenous beauty pageant by progressive tribal women – Jharkhand

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Source: Tribal women walk the ramp in Jharkhand to break stereotypes by Manoj Choudhary, Hindustan Times 16 April 2017Address: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tribal-women-walk-the-ramp-in-jharkhand-to-break-stereotypes/story-h8FondLK9su819qFff8cqJ.htmlDate Visited: Mon Aug 07 2017 16:15:46 GMT+0200 (CEST) [Bold typeface added above for emphasis] Tip: For up-to-date information on any of the above topics and persons, use the search window seen below  (e.g. “All India Santhali Film Association”, … Read more

“Silencing a voice nips in the bud the prospect of resolution”: A Santal educator’s case against the banning of a controversial book – Jharkhand

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Discussion is the Need of the Hour, Not Banningby Boro Baski, Anandabazar Patrika , 8 September, 2017translated by Maroona Murmu, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s collection of stories The Adivasi Will Not Dance has been in the eye of the storm. On August 11, 2017 the Jharkhand government banned the … Read more

“Another India”: A rare exhibition about 100 million people of indigenous or Adivasi backgrounds who are marginalised – United Kingdom

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Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia: 8 March 2017 to 22 April 2018 | Enlarge and view more photos here >> ‘Another India is the only India we Adivasis know. Another India is our India.’ – Ruby Hembrom Adivasi writer & publisher, 2017Another India is a unique exhibition exploring the heritage of India’s minority Adivasi (‘original inhabitants’) or … Read more