Tag Archives: Irula

The Irulas’ Natural Products Corporation: Providing employment to several hundred Irula women – Tamil Nadu & New Delhi

Posted on 13/05/2013 by website administrator

Times of India, 29-3-2005 The Irulas’ Natural Products Corporation is a partnership firm located in the ITWWS campus, which produces, promotes and markets Irula health-care products. It provides employment to several hundred Irula women. [...] A team of experienced vaidyars … Continue reading →

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Encouraging centuries-old life-skills of Irulas: Eking out a living outside forests – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 10/05/2013 by website administrator

APARNA KARTHIKEYAN, The Hindu, 11-12-12 Janaki Lenin’s book [My Husband and Other Animals], a compilation of her popular column in The Hindu MetroPlus, offers insights into her husband Rom Whitaker’s fascination for animals, particularly snakes  When he came to Madras, Rom … Continue reading →

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Conference on unrecognized languages: Bhasha Research Centre – Gujarat

Posted on 13/04/2013 by website administrator

The Indian Express, Vadodara, Thu Feb 18 2010 Come March, and the city’s linguistic diversity will increase manifold, though for a few days. [...] People speaking as many as 250 languages, which are not recognised by the Indian constitution, will … Continue reading →

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Storytelling and local history in tribal school curriculum: Gudalur region (Nilgiri) – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 07/04/2013 by website administrator

March 27th, 2013  [...] A few of us have been busy over the last few weeks. We are trying to find ways to share stories of our local history with other in our school and family. For many years, the … Continue reading →

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EU supported project to “bring back forests on forest land”: Auroville bioregion – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/04/2013 by website administrator

01 April 2002 | by Isha; source: Auroville Today, April 2002 European Union supports Auroville’s afforestation project. The planting of 75,000 trees within Auroville, fortifying Auroville’s forest gene and bunding and check dam work needed to combat soil erosion and … Continue reading →

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Voices from the forest: poetry inspired by the Irula way of life – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 06/01/2013 by website administrator

Akila Kannadasan, The Hindu, Coimbatore, November 25, 2011  On first sight, says Lakshmanan, he was appalled at their condition. “They had nothing. The education and health conditions of the people were very bad. They had no community certificates,” he says. Lakshmanan … Continue reading →

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Making rat catching an art form: the Irula and Korava – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/01/2013 by website administrator

JANAKI LENIN, The Hindu, December 14, 2012 [...] The people who make rat catching an art form are the tribal people living in these parts, the Irula and Korava. Parrys’ is one of the busiest and most congested parts of Chennai … Continue reading →

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Irula snake-catchers providing venom for producing antivenom – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 03/01/2013 by website administrator

Romulus Whitaker, The Hindu, June 30, 2012 India has one of the highest rates of death from snakebite in the world. There are four species of snakes (of the nearly 300 different species in India) primarily responsible for deaths. The “Big … Continue reading →

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Collaborative lifestyle, women’s inheritance have contributed to our uniqueness as humans – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 02/01/2013 by website administrator

 Should I stay or should I go? JANAKI LENIN, The Hindu, October 26, 2012 [...] Traditionally, women of these communities — the Nair and Mappila of Kerala, the Khasi and Garo of Meghalaya, and the Nicobarese of the Nicobar Islands — … Continue reading →

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Figures carefully drawn with attention to detail, proportion and symmetry – rock art discovery in Tamil Nadu

Posted on 01/01/2013 by website administrator
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Mangroves saving Irula tribe and fishing hamlets near Pichavaram from the tsunami – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 09/12/2012 by website administrator

The mangroves in the Pichavaram wetland stood as a solid buffer, saving the Irula tribe and about a dozen fishing hamlets from the tsunami. Source: Towards sustainable rehabilitation Volume 22 – Issue 04, Feb. 12 – 25, 2005 Frontline: India’s … Continue reading →

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Human Development Report of Tribal Communities 2010 – Kerala

Posted on 27/11/2012 by website administrator

Roy Mathew, The Hindu, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, September 30, 2010 Land alienation continues to be a major issue among tribal communities, according to studies done by the State Planning Board. The Human Development Report of Tribal Communities in Kerala, prepared by the Planning … Continue reading →

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Irulas in tune with their culture, embrace modern education and employment – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 17/04/2012 by website administrator

CULTURE: The Irular festival not only showcased tribal traditions but also highlighted the community’s attempt to retain their culture while integrating with society. On the moonlit night of February 27, around 20,000 Irulars gathered on the shores of Mahabalipuram beach … Continue reading →

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Irula snake catchers’ role in pest control and producing anti-venom serum – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 22/03/2012 by website administrator

P. OPPILI, The Hindu, CHENNAI, September 6, 2009 Armed with a crowbar, a sabre and a cotton bag, the group sets out at 5.30 a.m. from Vadanemmeli on East Coast Road. Taking the first bus to Mambakkam village on the Kelambakkam – … Continue reading →

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Bharathiar University enthusiastic in documenting more tribal languages – Western Ghats

Posted on 10/03/2012 by website administrator

Amutha Kannan, The Hindu, COIMBATORE, July 28, 2011 On the one hand, the languages spoken by tribal people have only an oral script and due to the non-literary nature there is no documentation of the grammar of the language. On … Continue reading →

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Tribals’ day out in Udhagamandalam (Ooty) – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 10/03/2012 by website administrator

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 … Continue reading →

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Irulas from of Jambukandi and Kudalur villages perform at Tamil Conference – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 10/03/2012 by website administrator

Amutha Kannan, The Hindu, COIMBATORE, June 26, 2010 The cultural programmes performed so far at the World Classical Tamil Conference can be classified into any one of the art forms, viz., classical or folk. But, the group that performed in the … Continue reading →

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Bhuvana Foundation’s innovative teaching methods based on Irula culture – Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (Tamil Nadu)

Posted on 10/03/2012 by website administrator

Akila Kannadasan, The Hindu, December 16, 2010 Event Teachers at Vidya Vanam draw their syllabus from local traditions and folklore to teach tribal children in Anaikatti, environmental studies, history and even mathematics, discovers Akila Kannadasan   Our students are like sponges; … Continue reading →

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Tribal Development Strategies in India by M.P. Damodaran, S. Sumathi and P. Govinda Reddy

Posted on 11/08/2011 by website administrator

M.P. Damodaran, S. Sumathi and P. Govinda Reddy Tribal Development in India The concept of development has different connotations in different contexts. In a narrow sense, ‘it means, change, and progress, either whole or, partial’. There are people with difference … Continue reading →

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Interview with the founders of the Vidyodaya School for Adivasi children

Posted on 12/07/2011 by website administrator

The Vidyodaya School Tucked away in the Blue Mountains, close to Ooty, the tourist destination of Tamil Nadu in southern India, is the small sleepy town of Gudalur, the home town of Rama and B. Ramdas. Gudalur is a land … Continue reading →

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Kerala’s Scheduled Tribes

Posted on 10/07/2011 by website administrator

In Kerala there are still 37 Scheduled Tribes out of 48 tribal communities; their number is only 1.26% of the state’s population.  What this figure indicates is that the rate of the assimilation of the aboriginals of Kerala has been … Continue reading →

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Irula tribe in an Interview with Dr. M.S. Swaminathan: Towards sustainable rehabilitation

Posted on 07/07/2011 by website administrator

Interview with Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, National Commission on Farmers, and Chairman of the national committee set up to review the implementation of the Coastal Zone Regulation Act, spoke to Asha Krishnakmar on the various aspects of … Continue reading →

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