CHILDREN OF THE LESSER GODS?
In the midst of plenty and abundance, in the face of tall claims of progress and development, when satellites are a dime a dozen, when India has successfully launched a…
Tribal Development or Tribal Destruction?
The verdant Rajmahal hill Range in Jharkhand, eastern India, and its surroundings have been the abode of the Malto Hill tribe for over 20 centuries. They are pejoratively called ‘Paharias’…
Children’s Day- Nov. 14 (India)
Live and Let Live, Mother! Mother, why do you want to nip me in the bud? Was it just an accident that I am born in your womb? I am…
Legal Services Day – Nov. 09
The National Legal Services Day (India) took off in 1995 with the Supreme Court of India taking initiative in the matter. The objective was to reach out to the weaker…
Nov. 10 – World Science Day for Peace and Development
World Science Day for Peace and Development, Nov. 10 was proclaimed by UNESCO in 2001. The objectives are: to strengthen public awareness on the role of science for peaceful and…
My Food is My Culture
If dance is part of people’s culture, so is dressing habit. So is eating habit. My food habit is my culture. How can it become anti-culture or anti-religious? Our human…
Drop Your Nothing
P.A.Chacko Disciple: I have come to you with nothing in my hands. Master: Drop it at once. Disciple: But how can I drop it? It is nothing. Master: Then carry…
TRIBAL HEROINES – PHULO MURMU AND JHANO MURMU
Indian Tribal Heroines Phulo and Jhano P.A. Chacko Phulo Murmu and Jhano Murmu are little known as heroic revolutionary fighters even among their own Santal tribal brethren. Were they to…
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY
Tribal people in India constitute 8.6% of the nation’s total population, numbering over 104 million, according to the 2011 census. The aboriginal ethnic groups (Adivasis) of India are called “scheduled…
My Food is My Culture
If dance is part of people’s culture, so is dressing habit. So is eating habit. My food habit is my culture. How can it become anti-culture or anti-religious? Our human…