Writer Amitav Ghosh had posted a tweet on Gladson Dungdung's new book.
Press coverage: Amitav Ghosh ‘Tweets’ adivaani release
Press coverage: ‘It’s time Adivasis wrote, spoke about their anguish’
In 1980, one-year-old Gladson Dungdung and his family were displaced from their agricultural land for the construction of Kelaghat dam in Jharkhand and pushed into the forests of Simdega, where Dungdung's father was arrested on allegations of felling trees. Ten years later, Dungdung's parents, during another land struggle, were murdered. In his book, 'Whose country... Continue Reading →
Press coverage: Tribal ministers have become slaves of their seniors
Ministers who need to raise issues of tribals in Parliament "become slaves" of senior ministers and forget about the "rights of Adivasis", Swami Agnivesh on Thursday claimed. "All those who are elected as ministers to represent tribals in the Parliament to fight for their rights and atrocities committed upon them, themselves become slaves of big... Continue Reading →
A review by Felix Padel On Gladson’s new book
The book’s documentation of the many forms of violence and prejudice ranged against Adivasis fills a vital gap in literature. The detail is often sickening and will make any sane person extremely angry. It is shown how Adivasis are being displaced by dams, by industrial/mining projects, by continuing tricks of non-Adivasis Read the entire review
Tehelka Interview with Gladson Dungdung
Debate on adivasis, politics and Gladson's new book
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