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Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website
Type “adivasi”, “tribal”, “Mahasweta Devi”, “Verrier Elwin”, the name of place or a tribal community or similar combinations of words in the the Quick Search field seen on Ramachandra Guha’s website >> Guha’s books include a pioneering environmental history, The … Continue reading
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Tagged Agaria, Baiga, Bastar, Gond, Kalhar, Koya, Maria, Muria, Raj Gond
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Video | Hul Sengel: The Spirit of the Santal Revolution (1855) – Jharkhand
Watch a film produced on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Santal Hul ["Santal revolution" of 1855-56] >> Director and Producer: Daniel J. Rycroft, University of East Anglia Co-Director: Joy Raj Tudu (Indian Confederation of Indigenous & Tribal People) Co-Producer: D. … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, Colonial policies, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Maps, Media portrayal, Music and dance, Names and communities, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Video resources - external, Women
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Tip | Publication: The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi
edited by Daniel J Rycroft, Sangeeta Dasgupta (2011) Source: The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi – Google Books Address : http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z_Pe0z1ta_8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Date Visited: Mon May 13 2013 18:24:39 GMT+0200 (CEST) Related posts Adivasi Colonial policies History Literature and bibliographies … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, De- and re-tribalisation, History, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Resources, Tips, Tribal identity
Tagged Bhil, Santal
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Publications by social anthropologist Prof. Carol Upadhya, School of Social Sciences Bangalore: land rights and adivasi politics in Jharkhand
Carol Upadhya, a social anthropologist, is Professor in the School of Social Sciences [Bangalore]. Prof. Upadhya is Co-director of an international collaborative research programme entitled ‘Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse Transnational Flows in India’s Regional Towns’, and is Co-Anchor … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, History, Literature and bibliographies, Organizations, Quotes
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Indigenous Knowledge: “The country can learn much from the beauty of Adivasi social practices, their culture of sharing and respect for all”
Backgrounder on Adivasis in South India (October 2009) | Read the entire page >> Adivasis The term “Adivasis” (original inhabitants) refers to the Indigenous Peoples of India who possess distinct identities and cultures often linked to certain territories. The term is … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Colonial policies, Customs, Gandhian social movement, Health and nutrition, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Organizations, Quotes
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Book review: A Rogue and Peasant Slave by Shashank Kela
STAN THEKAEKARA, Indian Express, 5-1-2013 The Nine Per Cent An incisive account of adivasi survival, from colonial risings to contemporary insurgencies IS IT an anthropological study by an academic, a textbook by a historian, a political polemic by an activist … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, Cultural heritage, Forest Rights Act (FRA), History, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Press snippets, Storytelling
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Tip | Tribal culture worldwide: Search newint.org
To read the regular newint.org blog on developments in India by Mari Marcel Thekaekara (e.g. Adivasi culture, environmental issues and women’s rights) and others (i.e. tribal culture worldwide), search here: http://newint.org/themes/society/indigenous-peoples/>> Related posts Democracy Mari Thekaekara (on this website) Misconceptions Modernity Tribal culture worldwide … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Colonial policies, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Globalization, Health and nutrition, History, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Organizations, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tips, Tribal culture worldwide, Tribal identity, Women
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Mahatma Gandhi on industrialism and his appeal to capitalists of India to become “trustees to the welfare of the masses” – Young India 1928
Capitalists Of India Wardha Before 20 December 1928 GOD FORBID that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West. The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom (England) is today keeping the world in chains. … Continue reading
Locations of dialects, languages, and language families – Linguistic Survey of India map collection
The LL-MAP team is happy to announce the completion of the digital adaptation of the Linguistic Survey of India map collection. This important series of maps was a survey of the languages of British India, conducted in the first several decades of the 20th century … Continue reading
Posted in Colonial policies, Government of India, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Maps, Networking, Organizations
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Tribals’ excellent knowledge of the environment, closer to an ideal society: – Jharkhand
A.S.R.P. MUKESH, The Telegraph, Jharkhand, November 18, 2010 Ranchi, Nov. 17: He is British by birth, but prefers to call himself an Indian. Having lived in this country for three decades now, Felix Padel, the great great grandson of father of … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, Commentary, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Misconceptions, Modernity, Press snippets
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Tribal traditions, colonial history and the birth of a modern state – Jharkhand
Forests and woodlands occupy more than 29% of the state which is amongst the highest in India – www.jharkhand.gov.in | More information and official statistics here >> The region enshrouded in the hills and forests inaccessible to a large segment of … Continue reading
The moral standard of state and society: T.G. Narayanan Memorial Lecture on Social Deprivation – Gujarat
T.G. Narayanan Memorial Lecture on Social Deprivation Read the entire lecture here >> The Hindu, January 19, 2013 Chennai, 18 January 2013 The moral standard of state and society can be deduced from the way people are treated who are … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Colonial policies, Commentary, Customs, Economy and development, Gandhian social movement, Globalization, Government of India, History, Names and communities, Press snippets, Rural poverty
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory, India), union territory, India, consisting of two groups of islands at the southeastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. [...] Port Blair (on South Andaman Island) is the territorial capital. [...] The Andamans comprise more … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Colonial policies, Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Quotes
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Nomadic and semi nomadic tribes urged to address problems and issues and through their own voice – Rajasthan
The Times of India, Jaipur, 1 September 2012 JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced that his government is setting up a separate board for inclusive growth of de-notified, nomadic and semi nomadic tribes in the state. Addressing a … Continue reading
Traditional dress, practices and festivals refashioned – Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is home to about twenty-five separate tribes and as many languages/dialects in the Tibeto-Burman family. (Despite the descriptive inadequacies of the term ‘tribal’, the alternatives are equally imprecise; ‘tribal’ is a politicised category all over India [Beteille 1991], … Continue reading
The term ‘Adivasi’: neither an equivalent to ‘Tribe’ nor used in the Indian Constitution – Mainstream Weekly
By J.J. Roy Burman, Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 32, July 25, 2009 In India the term ‘Adivasi’ has gained immense popularity in the last few decades to identify the tribes. This term is more commonly brought to use by the NGO … Continue reading
Usage of ‘tribe’ traceable to colonial census authorities
By Arup Maharatna, Mainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 40, September 25, 2010 The term ‘tribe’, as is widely known, subsumes enormous complexities—both anthropological and historical. However, the British India Censuses used to enumerate tribes as Animists until the 1931 Census, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Colonial policies, Figures, census and other statistics, Misconceptions, Quotes, Worship and rituals
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Down To Earth – science and environment fortnightly published by India’s Society for Environmental Communications
Search tips Enter a keyword like “tribal”, “indigenous” and ”adivasi” on the Down To Earch website for up-to-date information on a topic of special interest to you More search tips for this website In May 1992, the Society for Environmental Communications started India’s only … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi, Colonial policies, Commentary, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Globalization, Health and nutrition, Hyderabad biodiversity pledge, Modernity, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Resources, Rural poverty, Tips, Tribal culture worldwide
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Mahashweta Devi – a writer-activist’s literary tribute to the civilizational graces of the adivasis
Excerpt from “The adivasi Mahashweta” by Ganesh Devy in 540, August 2004 CELEBRATING WOMEN a symposium on women who made a difference DO I know Mahashweta Devi ? Perhaps, I do. Perhaps not. [...] In the mid-90s, I decided to give up academic … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi, Colonial policies, Democracy, Gandhian social movement, History, Literature - fiction, Modernity, Organizations, Quotes, Rural poverty, Storytelling, Women
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Bastar art and the Hindu-isation of the tribal myth – Chhattisgarh
The Hindu, October 24, 2012 Niranjan Mahawar, 75, is a self-taught ethnologist of Chhattisgarh. He spent almost five decades in southern Chhattisgarh to study the life and art of the Bastar tribes. [...] Today, Mahawar — who was made famous in … Continue reading
Posted in Colonial policies, Commentary, Crafts and visual arts, De- and re-tribalisation, History, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Press snippets, Tiger, Tribal identity, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bastar, Gond
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Seminar on traditional self-governance – Jharkhand
The Telegraph, Calcutta, Thursday , June 21 , 2012 Ranchi, June 20: Tribal heads from across the state congregated on the premises of Raj Bhavan on Wednesday to take part in a first-of-its-kind daylong seminar on traditional self-governance that was organised … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Colonial policies, Customs, Democracy, Economy and development, Education and literacy, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Names and communities, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Tribal elders
Tagged Dhoklo, Manjhi, Manki, Munda, Parganait, Parha Raja, Sohor
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A way to preserve biodiversity: India’s inspiring tradition of sacred groves – Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel
In commissioning a High-Level Working Group headed by the space scientist K. Kasturirangan to study the recommendations of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), the Ministry of Environment and Forests hoped to resolve an impasse. It now appears that … Continue reading →