Gandhi and Adivasis

This work focusses on the first three Adivasi movements in Eastern India during Gandhi's lifetime and the current movements against forceful displacement by POSCO, Vedanta and others, in order to comprehend his ideological impact on Adivasi movements of today.
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Debasree De is an Assistant Professor, Department of History, Maharaja Srischandra College, Kolkata, West Bengal.

1. Changing Perspectives on Adivasi Predicaments: Gandhi, Verrier Elwin and Amritlal Thakkar  2. Impact of Gandhian Ideology on the Tribal Movements of Chota Nagpur in Twentieth Century  3. Conflicting Forces behind the Jharkhand Movement: Gandhi and Jaipal Singh  4. Disillusionment and Disappointment: Evaluation of the Role of Gandhi in Consolidating Adivasi Movements in Chota Nagpur Region  5. Adivasi Movements after Gandhi: The Relevance of Gandhism in Twenty-first-Century Adivasi Movement-The Ideological Shifts  6. A Postscript: Gandhi in Adivasi Folk Traditions