Women

“If women are empowered, there is more development in society. Women lead with empathy, with care.” – The President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu (The Hindu, 15 November 2022)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/president-murmu-in-nagaland-on-2-day-visit-urges-more-women-to-enter-public-life-101667398375029.html
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=52591

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

Birth and living life regarded as punishment: Funeral customs among the Satiyaa tribe – Rajasthan

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The Indian Express, Kota, Fri Aug 24 2012 Contrary to the usual norm of life, one gypsy tribe from Rajasthan actually rejoice and revel in deaths in their family counting them as one of the happiest events in their lives while treating births as occasions of great grief. The Satiyaa community comprising about 24 odd … Read more

Raising the Unheard Voice: Adivaani publishing for and by Adivasis – West Bengal

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Publishing house Adivaani, literally meaning the ‘Ancient Voice’, strives at being the authentic adivasi (tribal community) voice, the voice that has mostly been drowned in the dominance of myriad ‘mainstream’ voices – Read more >> Source: Society July 2013 – Raising the Unheard VoiceAddress : https://adivaani.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/society_mag.pdfDate Visited: Mon Jul 22 2013 13:51:09 GMT+0200 (CEST) Sumati Yengkhom, The Times … Read more

Value-added products made by the Kaani (Kani) community: Indigenous Food Festival held in Mahabaleswar – Maharashtra

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A group of persons representing the ‘Kani’ indigenous community of Kanyakumari participated in an Indigenous Food Festival conducted by the ‘Save the Western Ghats Conclave -2012’ recently at the hill station of Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra. The team’s trip was sponsored by the Tribal Foundation based in Nagercoil. The environmental educator, S. S. Davidson, who led … Read more