Resources

Relevant Films

Chakravyuh by Prakash Jha – Powerful Bollywood-with-a-conscience portrayal of the mega-mining-corps vs tribal village wars in Chattisgarh and beyond.

Relevant Books

Adi-dharam, the religious beliefs of the Adivasis of India by Ram Dayal Munda – a loving articulate presentation of the main tenets of Adivasi religiosity (goddess worship, divine possession, eco-spirituality, etc).

Adivasis and The Raj by Sanjukta Dasgupta – Detailed examination of the Hos tribe’s interaction with their British “overlords” and how British policy shaped adivasi life and activism across the Raj.

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The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi by Daniel J. Rycroft

Adivasi Life Stories – Context, Constraints and Choices byIndra Munshi

Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion: Development and Deprivation of Adivasis in India by Dev Nathan (Editor)
Out Of This Earth: East India Adivasis And The Aluminium Cartel by Felix Padel
The Politics of Indigeneity: Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous Activism by Sita Venkateswar (Editor)
The Coming of the Devi: Adivasi Assertion in Western India by David Hardiman

The Burning Forest:India’s war in Bastar by Nandini Sundar

Histories for the Subordinated by David Hardiman
The Adivasi Will Not Dance (Kindle Edition) by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
The Adivasi Question Issues of Land, Forest and Livelihood by Indra Munshi (Editor)
Narratives from the Margins: Aspects of Adivasi History in India by Sanjukta Das Gupta (Editor)
Adivasi Life Stories: Context, Constraints, Choices by Indra Munshi
A Nomad Called Thief: Reflections On Adivasi Silence by G.N. Devy
The Agaria by Verrier Elwin
Nagaland by Verrier Elwin
The Nagas In The Nineteenth Century by Verrier Elwin
Water close over us: A journey along the Narmada by Hartosh Singh Bal
Developmental State and the Dalit Question in Madhya Pradesh (ebook) by Sudha Pai
Notes on the Aboriginal Problem in Mandla District by W. V. Grigson
The Gonds of Andhra Pradesh by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
The Story of Gondwana by Eyre Chatterton
Native Acts: Law, Recognition, and Cultural Authenticity by Joanne Barker
Fencing the Forest: Conservation and Ecological Change in India’s Central Provinces 1860-1914 by Mahesh Rangarajan
Hind Swaraj and Other Writings by Mahatma Gandhi
The Cost of Living by Arundhati Roy
Walking With The Comrades by Arundhati Roy
Religious Division and Social Conflict: The Emergence of Hindu Nationalism in Rural India by Peggy Froerer