“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)
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D. Radhakrishnan, The Hindu, Udhagamandalam, February 14, 2012 Responding to an invitation extended by the local station of the All India Radio and Coimbatore Doordarshan, dance and music troupes of different tribal communities — Todas, Kotas, Paniyas, Irulas, Kurumbas and Kaatunaikers — from different parts of the Nilgiris district landed here to showcase their graceful dance … Read more
Nature trek Students, parents and teachers of V.A.V. School of Education took a trip to Chinnar forest. They observed different varieties of flora and fauna and learnt about the importance of forests. They interacted with the tribals of Kodanthur village. The students also learnt about degradable and non-degradable waste and picked up plastic waste materials … Read more
Keeping man-animal conflict at bay Lookout towers have been put up inside Neyyar, Peppara, and Agasthyavanam forests to spot wild animals. At 6 a.m. on all days, except Sunday, Bhagavan Kani, a forest tribal, clambers up a narrow bamboo ladder to get to a watch house atop a tall tree deep inside the Neyyar Wildlife … Read more
MARI MARCEL THEKAEKARA, The Hindu, 1 May 2010 Universal language: Darpana performs in Gudalur. As Mallika Sarabhai and her troupe performed for the adivasis in Gudalur, it ignited a spark, of using dance for social change. […]Tucked away in the Gudalur Valley, the not-so-famous part of the Nilgiris, we could not believe what we’d heard. Mallika Sarabhai … Read more
Ignatius Pereira, The Hindu, November 21, 2011 What started as a month-long event on November 10, the Kollam Fest, under way at the Asramam Maidan in Kollam, is poised to have an extended run till January. Given the growing response to it from the people, the organisers see much potential in the Christmas-New Year vacation … Read more