scholarly journals Mining in a Sacred Landscape: Adivasis, Deities and Alliances in a Former Princely State in Odisha/India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Skoda
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Sponge Iron ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Ecological Consequences ◽  
Sacred Landscape ◽  
Princely State ◽  
Central Eastern

The papers explores ideas of a sacred landscape inhabited by indigenous people as well as other communities, deities as well as other beings manifested in localities and ‘objects’ forming various relationships, alliances and a thick web of relationality in a former kingdom in central-eastern India. It introduces these historically evolved ties through the foundational narratives as well as contemporary rituals, while the area is undergoing major transformations after Indian independence and even more so in a phase of accelerated industrialisation, especially tied to a mining boom and sponge iron factories. The latter not only threatens to uproot an existing, though changing sacrificial polity around local deities, but it also has massive ecological consequences and leads to partially successful protests.

scholarly journals NOCTURNAL SURFACE INVERSIONS IN CENTRAL EASTERN INDIA

MAUSAM ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-254
Author(s):  
I. G. PIGGIN ◽  
S. K. ALLEY
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Difference ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Surface Inversion ◽  
Central Eastern

Monitoring of nocturnal su rface inversions in the vicinit y of Steel Authority of Ind ia lid. Steelplants at Bhila i. Bokaro. Durgapur and Rourk-cia in central eas tern Ind ia. for 40 niahu in January. February andMarch 1990. indi cated that surface inversions developed every night when weathe r conditions were favourable (clea rskies and light winds) , Th e ceiling heiaht of surface inversions eenerally increased as the niah t progressed. withrouahly two-th irds hiefler th an 100 m and a maximum record ed heigh t of 520 m. Th e maximum recorded surfaceinversio n strt"ngth (temperature difference between th e surface and the ceilingjwas 8.6C· at Dura:apur.1 .4C· at Bhilaiand aroun d 5-SC· at both Bokam and Rourkela. A reaso nable estimate of the .srrongest surface inversion would beJOC· to 12C· in the lOwnl 250 m of th e atmosphere.The proportion of surface invers ions greater than 4C· was 80%atDurgapur. .s5llb at 8hilal4.s% at Bokaro an d If.'" at Rourkela.These differences between loca tion!'wee- caused la l'iel yby varying weathe r conditions during the monit oring period.

scholarly journals The Politics of Difference: Ol-Chiki and Santal Identity in Eastern India

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-146
Author(s):  
RAJAKISHOR MAHANA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Tribal Identity ◽  
Politics Of Difference ◽  
History Of ◽  
Struggle For Recognition

The indigenous people of India have a very contested history of their origin, and hence a blurred identity. The initial contours of tribal identity in India was shaped by the idea that tribals should be assimilated into the dominant Hindu fold or integrated as citizens of a nation state. The dominant communities wanted the tribals even to learn and speak the languages of the dominant groups over their own native languages. On the other hand, the struggles against this discrimination waged by the oppressed and subordinated forlast two centuries or more were seen as struggle for recognition as equals. However, in recent times, as a counter to the threat posed to the tribal ways of living by the dominant groups, articulation of tribal identity has been emerging from within. The new struggle encompassed another completely new and opposite demand – the demand for recognition of difference. Building on Santali script (Ol-Chiki) movement in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, the paper argues that the struggle for equal rights of citizenship and distribution along with taking pride in their own tribal identity has led to the development of subnationalism among the Santals in Eastern India.

scholarly journals Pregnant with puppies

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Nadal
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Nervous Tissue ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Cultural Milieu ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Central Eastern

In New Delhi, some migrants from central-eastern India espouse a belief in ‘puppy pregnancy’, or the notion that after being bitten by a dog its puppies are conceived within the abdomen and their growth leads to an awful death. This article suggests that this belief is related to the widespread fear of rabies. This lethal infectious disease causes one-half of deaths in India, leaving behind grief-stricken families and shocked communities. This rabies-related shock results not only from the disease per se but also from the long, painful, and disturbing post-bite vaccination prophylaxis, using a nervous tissue vaccine, in which bite victims receive fourteen distressing injections in the abdomen in the hope of saving them from death. I propose here that dread of this vaccination may have stimulated, within an already fertile cultural milieu, the belief in this unnatural, animal pregnancy.

scholarly journals The Thangmi verbal agreement system and the Kiranti connection

1998 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 476-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Turin
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Central Eastern ◽  
North Eastern India ◽  
Verbal Agreement

Thangmi is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in central-eastern Nepal and north-eastern India. The majority of Thangmi speakers live in Nepal and still inhabit their traditional homeland of Dolakhá district. There are ethnic Thangmi in many of the other districts of the kingdom, especially in the neighbouring districts of Sindhupálcok, Sindhulī and Rámecháp. The Thangmi population in India is largely concentrated in Darjeeling and is the product of an emigration earlier this century.

Fostering the Literacy of indigenous Elementary School-Age Children

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Frome Loeb ◽  
Kathy Redbird
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Reading Curriculum ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
Values And Beliefs

Abstract Purpose: In this article, we describe the existing literacy research with school-age children who are indigenous. The lack of data for this group of children requires speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to use expert opinion from indigenous and non-indigenous people to develop culturally sensitive methods for fostering literacy skills. Method: We describe two available curricula developed by indigenous people that are available, which use authentic materials and embed indigenous stories into the learning environment: The Indian Reading Series and the Northwest Native American Reading Curriculum. We also discuss the importance of using cooperative learning, multisensory instruction, and increased holistic emphasis to create a more culturally sensitive implementation of services. We provide an example of a literacy-based language facilitation that was developed for an indigenous tribe in Kansas. Conclusion: SLPs can provide services to indigenous children that foster literacy skills through storytelling using authentic materials as well as activities and methods that are consistent with the client's values and beliefs.

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