Women Self Help Group is great help, It is our strength, Says Adivasi woman
Mohan Yadav is visiting Kewandi village in Rajura tahsil in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra where he meets Sandhya bai who tells him in her Gondi language about Women Self Help Group she is a member. She says they put Rs 100 each per month and Govt helps them with loan. Last year they got a loan of Rs 1.5 lakhs which all of them used in their agriculture work and have returned it with interest. She says there is lots of strength in unity. Mohan Ji is at 8602008777
Posted on: Oct 15, 2013. Tags: Mohan Yadav
Activists helping Bastar Adivasis preserve culture and institutions like Ghotul...
Mohanji is visiting Antagarh in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh where he is talking to Dileep Sahu a social activist who tells him that apart from helping Adivasis with getting land deeds under forest rights act, they are also helping them preserve their culture and institutions like Ghotul. He says they work in a sensitive area where they can not go to any village any time and some time they also face problems with non-state actors. Mohanji is at 09479598133
Posted on: Oct 14, 2013. Tags: BASTAR MOHAN YADAV
Campaign to preserve and revive Ghotuls (Night school for young) in Bastar
Mohan Yadav is visiting Bastar in Chhattisgarh where he meets Gondi scholars like Sher Singh Achla who tells him that they are running campaign for revival of tradition of Ghotuls ( Night school for young). They say Ghotul is their social, cultural, education and religious center. If they want to get united and save their language and knowledge they need to revive Ghotuls. All are requested to help preserve and revive this age old system. For more Mohan Ji is at 09479598133
Posted on: Oct 12, 2013. Tags: BASTAR EDUCATION MOHAN YADAV
More awareness about progressive Govt policies in Adivasi areas is needed
Mohan Yadav Ji is talking to Shanti Uike an Adivasi social worker in Pakhanjur area of North Bastar district in Chhattisgarh. She says in her Gondi language that in remote Adivasi villages more awareness need to be taken on positive aspects of many Government policies and progressive laws. Then only we will see more progress of the people and the area. For more Mohan Ji can be reached at 09479598133
Posted on: Oct 12, 2013. Tags: Mohan Yadav
Global Warming can be avoided by adopting Adivasi ways of life and culture...
Mohan Yadav is talking to Gondi cultural activist Sukhranjan Usendi in Pakhanjur Kanker in Chhattisgarh who is telling him intellectuals all over the world are now worried about Global warming but Adivasis have been working to save nature for ages which is part of their culture and religion. The world can save itself from Global warming by adopting Adivasi way of life which is the real and sustainable path of development. For more Mohan Ji is at 09479598133
