stories Of Trauma
[Image description] Once again I am participating in the Himalayan First Draft Club, an online opportunity to just help me get writing again. Here is today's writing: a review of the first story in Mahasweta...
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REImagining the Tales of Hazaribagh
What world have I stepped into? [Picture] Mihir Vatsa in Tales of Hazaribagh (Speaking Tiger 2021) invited us on his journey into the world around his hometown; a small town of man-made lakes and elevated...
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Personal Reflection on Race (revised)
[Picture] AACC Black Lives Matter Solidarity March, on Sunday June 7, started at 6 on Park Street by the Humanities building of the UW-Madison (Wisconsin) My friend, Carlos Gonzales, up in Minneapolis...
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Sanskriti
Upon completing an incredible 50 year study of and relationship with the Sora tribe of southern Odisha by Piers Vitebsky in “Living Without the Dead: Loss and Redemption in a Jungle Cosmos”(Chicago University...
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Are you stuck up in your Upper Room?
Yesterday I was catching up with an Adivasi Christian friend asking how they were doing during the Covid 19 pandemic. They described some of their difficulties, and some of the things people are doing...
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Contributing to Adivasi Literature
[Image description] My prayer goes out to all who are in lockdown, quarantine, or self-isolation during this Covid-19 pandemic. We are all challenged by this and some are most devastated by these developments...