Category Archives: Rural poverty

Instead of creating a strategy based on reacting or responding to the symptoms of poverty, we want to create a new possibility in which poverty would have no space to exist. – Kalyan Akkipeddi (“A Search for Resilience”, http://ted.com/tedx)

Video | “Dungri latar” (At the Foothill): Song 6 from Santali video album “Ale Ato” (Our Village) – West Bengal

Posted on 15/06/2019 by website administrator

6 Dungri latar (At the Foothill) [Starting from 1:06] ThemeA boy tells a girl:At the foothill in the stone quarry, I see you carrying stone chips on your head and become sad, Muni. For money and earthly pleasure you spoil … Continue reading →

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Land allocation and alienation: The Kaani tribal community inhabiting the forests of Kanyakumari – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 14/06/2019 by website administrator

Excerpts from a report by environmental educator S.S. Davidson (Nagercoil) titled Land Alienation of the tribe: Rich forest lands, poor tribal people. Contact the author for the full report: ssdavidson9@gmail.com | Find more posts with input supplied from this author >> … Continue reading →

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ePub | Forest of Tigers: People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans

Posted on 03/06/2019 by website administrator

The full book by Annu Jalais is now available as free download on Academia.edu >> FOREST OF TIGERS: PEOPLE, POLITICS AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE SUNDARBANSAnnu Jalais, Routledge India, 2009 Acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers, the mangrove … Continue reading →

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Tip | Explore India’s leading periodicals, online journals and portals: Up-to-date information on tribal culture, ecology, education and other success stories

Posted on 25/05/2019 by website administrator

Search tips In the above search window, enter several combinations of search words, regions of India and names while including “tribal” or “tribe” in order to get a good impression of indigenous customs, education, crafts, endangered languages, or rights laid down … Continue reading →

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Shyamali Khastgir – puppet stories based on tribal values

Posted on 25/05/2019 by website administrator

Moral values in puppet story – Up close at art camp Tuesday , August 18 , 2009M. GANGULY Ranchi, Aug. 17: She is an art teacher-turned-social activist. She knows eminent activists of India and those of the US and Canada and … Continue reading →

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