Being Adivasi 7th volume of Rethinking India series released
New Delhi Nov 22 PTI A new book Being Adivasi Existence Entitlements Exclusion explores the views of the Adivasis and the Denotified Communities on the process of development and its clash with their rightsPublished by Penguin Random House India PRHI the book was released on MondayThe seventh volume of Rethinking India series is a collection of essays addressing the persistent problems faced by Adivasis and Denotified communities from questions of their distinct identity land alienation indebtedness and displacement from ancestral landsIt is co-edited by the late Adivasi rights activist Abhay Xaxa who passed away due to a heart attack in March last year and veteran linguist GN DevyI would like to hope that it is received not just as a publication or academic exercise but as a prelude to the change that is now overdue a change that will bring to the Denotified and Nomadic communities at least some measure of justice and human rights that they expect to get as citizens of a democratic country and to Adivasis the understanding of their distinct identity writes Padma Shri awardee DevyDevy has also authored Painted Words 2003 a collection of literature of the Adivasis and the nomadic communitiesAccording to the publishers the volume serves not as an academic exercise but in addressing the larger readership as a prelude to the change that will bring to the Adivasis some measure of their rights as citizens of a democratic countryThe essays in the volume address the persistent problems faced by the Adivasis and Denotified Tribes from questions of their distinct identity to land alienation indebtedness and displacement from ancestral lands they said in a statementThe PRHIs Rethinking India series in collaboration with the Samruddha Bharat Foundation aims to breathe new life and spirit into the cold and self- serving logic of political and administrative processes linking them to and informing them by grass-roots realities fact-based research and social experience and actionable social-scientific knowledgeIts previous titles including Vision for a Nation The Minority Conundrum Reviving Jobs We the People and The Shudras have contributions from over 140 of Indias foremost academics activists and policymakers across party lines PTI MG MAH MAH
New Delhi Nov 22 PTI A new book Being Adivasi Existence Entitlements Exclusion explores the views of the Adivasis and the Denotified Communities on the process of development and its clash with their rightsPublished by Penguin Random House India PRHI the book was released on MondayThe seventh volume of Rethinking India series is a collection of essays addressing the persistent problems faced by Adivasis and Denotified communities from questions of their distinct identity land alienation indebtedness and displacement from ancestral landsIt is co-edited by the late Adivasi rights activist Abhay Xaxa who passed away due to a heart attack in March last year and veteran linguist GN DevyI would like to hope that it is received not just as a publication or academic exercise but as a prelude to the change that is now overdue a change that will bring to the Denotified and Nomadic communities at least some measure of justice and human rights that they expect to get as citizens of a democratic country and to Adivasis the understanding of their distinct identity writes Padma Shri awardee DevyDevy has also authored Painted Words 2003 a collection of literature of the Adivasis and the nomadic communitiesAccording to the publishers the volume serves not as an academic exercise but in addressing the larger readership as a prelude to the change that will bring to the Adivasis some measure of their rights as citizens of a democratic countryThe essays in the volume address the persistent problems faced by the Adivasis and Denotified Tribes from questions of their distinct identity to land alienation indebtedness and displacement from ancestral lands they said in a statementThe PRHIs Rethinking India series in collaboration with the Samruddha Bharat Foundation aims to breathe new life and spirit into the cold and self- serving logic of political and administrative processes linking them to and informing them by grass-roots realities fact-based research and social experience and actionable social-scientific knowledgeIts previous titles including Vision for a Nation The Minority Conundrum Reviving Jobs We the People and The Shudras have contributions from over 140 of Indias foremost academics activists and policymakers across party lines PTI MG MAH MAH
