Arati Kade Jai Bhim everyone, Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT) are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized communities in India. They are commonly known as wandering communities because they move from one place to another in search of livelihood. Because of their wandering traditions, DNTs do not have any permanent residence and live their …
The Politics of Civilizing the Savage: British Colonialism and Anthropology
Jitendra Suna In the primary phase of colonialism, Edward Tuite Dalton’s work Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal, played a crucial role in the incorporation of upper caste elite in the colonial structure while excluding the vast majority of the population including Adivasi, Dalit and lower castes. It also portrayed the Adivasi and lower castes as …
The return to Muthanga
C.K Janu and M. Geethanandan (Written in May 2003) The Adivasi decision is to return to Muthanga. The Adivasis had become victims of untold brutalities. Yet there is no other way but to return. And the Adivasis have been made refugees in their homeland. There are the spirits of the dead in the forestlands of …