I am always amazed by the attention any foreign 'intervention' generates in
India. Nobody has mistreated our indigenous peoples as we Indians have. We have
stripped them of their traditional identity, land, livelihood and dignity in the
name of 'national interest' and reduced them to the state they are today.
 
It is time we stopped being hypocrites.
 
Anand





--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Debal Deb <debaldeb01@...> wrote:

From: Debal Deb <debaldeb01@...>
Subject: Re: [andamanicobar] RU prof in tribe-hunt team
To: andamanicobar@...
Date: Friday, 6 June, 2008, 10:06 PM






You are so right, Lotika and Manish.
The "camera toting journalists" and ethnographers will flood the island to prove
to the world that the tribes have not quite seen the "Light of Civilisation. "
This will justify all national and International development
schemes to pull the tribes into the MAINSTREAM OF
SYPHILISATION. Some Anthropologists  will argue for keeping them
in the island zoo for  the world to watch and enjoy and
learn about our Contemporary Ancestors. And everyone will  gloat
over how far we have progressed in the course of development!

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--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Manish Chandi <manishchandi@ yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Manish Chandi <manishchandi@ yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [andamanicobar] RU prof in tribe-hunt team
To: andamanicobar@ yahoogroups. co.in
Date: Friday, 6 June, 2008, 1:21 PM

I agree completely with Lotika, soon there will be a profile of tribal community
to suit our tastes....may get a few bones between their noses and do a fire
dance or bamboo chops to delight our senses, and create some perception of what
it is to be tribal..then there will be..... so on and so forth......why arent
the big dams and loss of forest in that region recieving as much attention?..
well theyre not quite as exciting i suppose..... .is there a plan to all the
media attention, or will there soon be a flood of camera toting journalists
vying with each other for aajtak or kal thak to tell us what we missed out on
Manish --- On Thu, 6/5/08, Lotika Varadarajan <lotika.varadarajan@
gmail.com> wrote: From: Lotika Varadarajan
<lotika.varadarajan@ gmail.com> Subject: Re:
[andamanicobar] RU prof in tribe-hunt team To: andamanicobar@ yahoogroups. co.in
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 3:57 PM This sounds like a
continuation of the
David-Livingstone story. What is the purpose? what are the aims and objectives?
How will the remote communities benefit?I can immediately perceive the benefits
for the Journal and for armchair city patrons. Lotika On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at
10:12 AM, Pankaj Andaman <psekhsaria@gmail. com> wrote:
> RU prof in tribe-hunt team > - National Geographic to
shoot indigenous people in Arunachal Pradesh > SASWATI MUKHERJEE
> http://www.telegrap hindia.com/ 1080604/jsp/ jharkhand/
story_9362818. jsp > > Jamshedpur, June 3: A team from
National Geographic Channel is set to > explore the jungles of
Arunachal Pradesh to capture on reel the lives of > endangered
tribals, and guiding them through the dense forests would be > a
Ranchi University professor, Ganesh Murmu. > > Five
language experts from across India have been selected
to help the > National Geographic team. Murmu's
added qualification is his extensive > research on tribals' lives and
language. > > "As the tribals shy away from the camera,
our role would be to provide > identification and sufficient exposure
about these people. Only then can > viewers learn about them and
their practises, all an integral part of > their existence," said
Murmu. > > The programme was developed to connect the
remote tribal population with > the mainstream and would focus on the
revival of endangered tribes. > > "This would be their
(National Geographic's) third brush with a tribal > community," he
added. > > National Geographic will also record a special
capsule on the tribes, > capturing the activities of the tribal
population — cultural activities, > festivals and lifestyle.
> > The
documentary will feature five districts across the state with >
special emphasis on the differences between various groups. >
> "They (National Geographic) have shot exclusive modules on the
Nagas and > the tribal population of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The focus > would be on tribal communities that are cut off from
civilisation and > are left with a handful of survivors. Therefore,
the attention has seen > a prominent shift to Arunachal Pradesh," the
Ranchi University professor > said. > >
However, since shooting in Arunachal Pradesh cannot be expected to be
> hazard free the team would be accompanied by RAF personnel at all
times. > Special permission from the state government is also
required to shoot > the documentary. > > But
Murmu, the expert in tribal languages, is undaunted at the perils >
that go with the expedition. >
> Arunachal Pradesh has about 50 tribes, out of which five are
endangered. > -- > > http://pankaj-
atcrossroads. blogspot. com > > C/o Kalpavriksh
> Apt. 5, Sri Dutta Krupa, > 908 Deccan Gym >
Pune 411004 > India > Tel: 020 25654239 > Mob:
09423009933 > Email: psekhsaria@gmail. com > >
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