“. Sarkar teen parkar: Adei thindana, narpitana Auru jiyam noipitana. (The” — 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… — Madhu Ramnath Children Copy Share Image
“Adivasi is only an incidental factor; a collateral that barely contributes to the GDP shrine.” — Madhu Ramnath Barely Contributes 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 Children 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… — Madhu Ramnath Sounds Adivasi 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… — Madhu Ramnath Agriculture Copy Share Image
“Indeed, cheap rice has only made the availability of cowherds more difficult, if not impossible. People who tended cattle for payment in… — Madhu Ramnath Every day 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… — Madhu Ramnath Self reliance 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… — Madhu Ramnath Tribe Copy Share Image
“pathar pocha’, a leaf-wiper, an Adivasi. The manner of cleaning one’s bottom is stronger than any other custom in a culture. Most… — Madhu Ramnath Food 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;… — Madhu Ramnath Food Copy Share Image
“Food should figure in the writing of Adivasi identity. In villages far off the road, all the food – meat, fish, kuccha,… — Madhu Ramnath Food 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… — Madhu Ramnath Village Saying Copy Share Image
“When you’re travelling ask a traveller for advice, Not someone whose lameness keeps him in one place. —Jalaluddin Rumi,” — Madhu Ramnath Traveller Copy Share Image
“cowherd who is alert to every change in the forest; a daily newsletter. How does the water flow down the distant Tarlong… — Madhu Ramnath Change Copy Share Image
“Most meals that came from the forest were brought by the women – fish, mushrooms, crab, bamboo shoots, some kuccha or the… — Madhu Ramnath Brought Women Copy Share Image
“it was the civet who taught us about toddy. Civets nibbled at the flowering stalks and caused toddy to drip. Men saw… — Madhu Ramnath Wine Copy Share Image
“all paid for in stone money. There is much tomfoolery and people play-act, overdo the bargaining and generally have fun. Coming home… — Madhu Ramnath Coming home Copy Share Image
“the child is taken into the market and introduced to the world, and the puda, the spirit, is invited home. The child… — Madhu Ramnath Children Copy Share Image
