“all paid for in stone money. There is much tomfoolery and people play-act, overdo the bargaining and generally have fun. Coming home from churcha and chutok haats, everyone is served a few rounds of landa and mel before all the… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“Food should figure in the writing of Adivasi identity. In villages far off the road, all the food – meat, fish, kuccha, yams – comes from the forest. Having complete independence in procuring one’s food allows a people to disregard all outside interference, even apparently relevant NGO (non-governmental organization) or government programmes. Consider, for instance, the luxury in food choices… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share
“Adivasi is only an incidental factor; a collateral that barely contributes to the GDP shrine.” — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“A society’s self-reliance is usually in inverse proportion to its reverence for the state. In some inexplicable way, the Adivasi of the deep forest… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“The kotwal is the perfect mouthpiece of the village, saying exactly those things that the police want to hear. The kotwals have perfected this… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“the subtler impact of not having one. The effect of a few hundred cattle grazing unrestrained, every day, within and around the village is… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“A child’s first visit to the haat, known as haat paithanow, ‘going to the haat’ is an important event.” — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“the Adivasi is not viewed as ‘a person’ with individual attributes and character, with specific roles and importance within his community, but lumped into… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“An Adivasi home fashions several kinds of leafcups each day: dokpa for rice; chokni for the side dish; koondu for the chava; and chipdi… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“The absence of cowherds and the presence of the tractor have edged out other sounds from many Adivasi lives. The sounds of men waking… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“Without the waist string, kita todu, and a name, a child does not belong to human society: the passage from nature to culture has… — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
“. Sarkar teen parkar: Adei thindana, narpitana Auru jiyam noipitana. (The” — Madhu Ramnath Copy Share Image
