Adivasi / Adibasi

“Adivasi [Adibasi] – which is derived from Sanskrit – is applied to the dark-skinned or Austro-Asiatic indigenous groups of India (usually those from Eastern India). It is a commonly-used term in Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha. It is also used by the local Mongoloid tribes of North Eastern India for the migrant workers who were brought in as indentured labourers to work in tea plantations during the colonial period. ‘Tribal’ is a very broad term in the English language, as we all know, and includes all the different indigenous groups of India.” – Santali poet, scholar and translator Ivy Imogene Hansdak (email dated 27 March 2020)
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=23032

Report of the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Adibasi Baha Parab and a two day international conference on ‘Tribes in Transition’ – West Bengal

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The second day of the conference was held at RSV at Ghosaldanga. There were three sessions here, first on ‘Tribal Healthcare and Community Development’. The speakers were Dr. Shantidani Minz, Christian Medical College, Vellore; Dr. Prabir Chatterjee, Kolkata; Ms. Kirsty Milward, Suchana, Birbhum; Fr. David Solomon SJ, Johar HRD Centre, Dumka. Dr. Monika Golembiewski’s presentation … Read more

“Tribes in Transition”: International Conference at Santiniketan (12-13 March, 2014) – West Bengal

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A Two-Day International Conference on TRIBES IN TRANSITION: CONFLICT OVER IDENTITY, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT 12-13 March, 2014 Santiniketan, West Bengal, India Organized by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi In collaboration with the Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust, Santiniketan & Funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India  PROGRAMME … Read more

Video | A Journey to a Santal school: Allowing children to be fully Adivasi, preparing them for success in mainstream society – West Bengal

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Project Coordinator: Jerome Cranston, University of Manitoba The Adivasi, the tribal peoples of India, comprise eight percent of the total population of the country. They have found that their children cannot cope with dilemma of living in ways that are inconsistent with their traditional ways. These same children are subjected to assimilationist structures embedded within India’s … Read more

Traditional Millet Festival: Counteracting diabetes, hypertension and other lifestyle diseases – Tamil Nadu

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Due to the growing change in the diet of the village people to more “easy” foods like ration rice, vegetables grown with heavy chemical usage and inorganically grown fruits, the health of the people is deteriorating fast and many new diseases are evolving. The cases of diabetes, hypertension and other lifestyle diseases have dramatically increased, diseases … Read more

Calling for an alternative approach to protecting the ethnic art traditions of the country: Authentic art and craft of tribes reflect the vision of each community – Kerala

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The Hindu, Thrissur, January 18, 2011 Art critic Kalyan Kumar Chakravarthy has cautioned against re-creating tribal and folk arts for the needs of the modern market. Addressing a seminar on ‘Folk and tribal arts: problems of understanding’ organised by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi here on Monday, he noted that the authenticity of ethnic art forms was … Read more