After living aloof from society for ages, the Denotified Nomadic Tribes (DNT) are gradually getting vocal about their rights. And what better than their language could be their stand to establish the identity of their own in country’s mainstream.
With this thought in mind, around 200 tribal writers from Agartala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Maharashtra would flock at Dandi to participate in a conference organised by Vadodara-based NGO Bhasha Research Trust on Monday.
The meet is a part of the movement initiated by DNTs seeking the right to identity, to have ration cards and to do away with their stigma of being criminals.
By penning down these issues in their write-ups, the tribal writers have come up with publication of their language.
The conference will see a number of such publication on which a line of discussion will be drawn for the conference.
Talking to Express Newsline, noted tribal activists and writer Kanji Patel, who hails from Lunavada taluka of Panchmahals and will be the part of the event, said, “What we are not expose to is the hidden talent of tribals. There will be collections of works (plays, songs and languages) by tribal artist,’’ said Patel.
The present conference is an attempt to bring out obscure languages, still alive in the tribal, so that their works can be published, he added.
Bhasha Research Trust, which had organised a tribal conference at Ranchi last year, has also planned an international conference for tribal writers at Delhi next year, said Sonal Bakshi, the Trust co-ordinator.
Divulging further information about the international conference, she said that tribals from from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa would take part in the meet.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com
With this thought in mind, around 200 tribal writers from Agartala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Maharashtra would flock at Dandi to participate in a conference organised by Vadodara-based NGO Bhasha Research Trust on Monday.
The meet is a part of the movement initiated by DNTs seeking the right to identity, to have ration cards and to do away with their stigma of being criminals.
By penning down these issues in their write-ups, the tribal writers have come up with publication of their language.
The conference will see a number of such publication on which a line of discussion will be drawn for the conference.
Talking to Express Newsline, noted tribal activists and writer Kanji Patel, who hails from Lunavada taluka of Panchmahals and will be the part of the event, said, “What we are not expose to is the hidden talent of tribals. There will be collections of works (plays, songs and languages) by tribal artist,’’ said Patel.
The present conference is an attempt to bring out obscure languages, still alive in the tribal, so that their works can be published, he added.
Bhasha Research Trust, which had organised a tribal conference at Ranchi last year, has also planned an international conference for tribal writers at Delhi next year, said Sonal Bakshi, the Trust co-ordinator.
Divulging further information about the international conference, she said that tribals from from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa would take part in the meet.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com