Ganesh Prabhu, The Hindu, Kundapur (Udupi District), February 17, 2015 | To read the full article and view more photos, click here >> The richness of tribal and folk culture of coastal districts was demonstrated at the ‘Unveiling of Tribal and Folk Culture’, a programme organised by the Department of Humanities, Bhandarkar’s College of Arts and Science … Read more
Siddi and Hakki Pikki ‘critically endangered’ Of the 50 languages that are spoken in Karnataka, eight are potentially endangered and two critical endangered, according to a survey conducted by the Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), an organisation that is conducting a nation-wide survey of Indian languages. Languages spoken by the tribal communities of Koraga, … Read more
Source: “Tribals prefer traditional way of governance over Panchayati Raj” – Express News Service6 September 2009Address : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tribals-prefer-traditional-way-of-governance-over-panchayati-raj/513479/0Date Visited: Thu Mar 29 2012 23:11:28 GMT+0200 (CEST)
What we are telling to the outer world is that no conservation would be possible without cooperation of the local community, especially the aborigines [Adivasis]. Integrating their traditional wisdom with modern-day scientific approach would definitely yield results. Source: KH Amitha Bachan (researcher and consultant to Kerala Forest Department and the World Wildlife Fund-India Ecological Monitoring … Read more
Source: “Take the cue from the President” – The Hindu, October 16, 2015Address: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/take-the-cue-from-the-president/article7766516.eceDate visited: 24 November 2020 [I]t was by reading and speaking to Tagore that these founders of modern India, Gandhi and Nehru, developed a theory of nationalism that was inclusive rather than exclusive. Tagore’s [collected lectures on the subject of] Nationalism should … Read more