Many villages in Maharashtra are facing water problems and have been as drought-prone areas. The situations of Adivasi villages are taught to face lack of water supply. They totally depend on rainwater and small ponds. In the year 2018, tribal villages in Nashik district of Maharashtra state faced a severe[Read More…]
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Author of ‘The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ breaks silence after Jharkhand govt outlaws book
The Jharkhand government on Friday banned Sahitya Akademi award winning writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s book, The Adivasi Will Not Dance, alleging that it hurt the dignity of women of the Santhal tribe. The matter was tossed in the Jharkhand Assembly by Opposition leader Sita Soren. The Santhal legislator said the[Read More…]
Leela Santosh: the visionary adivasi film-maker from Kerala
In a commendable move, a young filmmaker from Kerala is becoming the voice of the Adivasi culture in the state and spreading the same to far-away lands. Leela Santhosh, 29, is the only adivasi film-maker from the state. She is trying to bring out the culture of the adivasis through[Read More…]