Bastar The Lost Heritage

Bastar Folk Art by Michel Postel & Zarine Cooper published by Franco-Indian Research private Ltd 1999 and Review of this by Nanditha Krishna in the Hindu Feb 2000.

Subalterns and Sovereigns, An Anthropological History of Bastar, 1854-1996 by Nandini Sundar, OUP Delhi 1997

The Gondwana and the Gonds : by Indrajit Singh, M.A. LL.B., Ph.D ( Universal Publishers Ltd., Lucknow 1944)

The Earthern Drum – An introduction to the ritual arts of rural India : by Pupul Jayakar, published by the National Museum, New Delhi

PUCL Report: Where the State makes war on its own people – a report on violation of people’s rights during the Salwa Judum campaign in Dantewada, Chattisgarh, April 2006

Cover Story…Red Terror, Exclusive report from inside the Naxalite War Zone.. By Satarupa Bhattacharya, India Today, February 11, 2008

Grigson, W.V. 1938. The Maria Gonds of Bastar. London: O.U.P.Elwin, Verrier : 1947.

The Muria and their Ghotul. London O.U.P. (1902 -1964)Haimendorf , Christopher von Furer. 1945. ‘Aboriginal Rebellions in the Deccan’. Man in India, 25(4) Press release by Independent Citizens Initiative, New Delhi, 29th May 2006

Terror Ground Bastar set to become Iindustry Hub: by Sujeet Kumar, Raipur.Crisp, coarse……kosa silk! By Chitra Ramaswamy , Business Line , July 14th 2006.

Desperate Measures by Mahmood Farooqui, June 9th 2006Governance Reform for India’s Forests: by Mihir Shah in the Hindu, May 20th 2005.

Tribals,Tigers and Trees : by Dr Vandana Shiva, in Navdanya July 29th 2005

‘Friend of the Forest’ (on Verrier Elwin) by Dom Moraes, the Hindu, 31st March 2002

Websites:

http://www.koitor.com

http://www.bastar.nic.in

(bastar.nic.in/TRIBEINFO.HTM )

(bastar.nic.in/HISTORY.HTM )

Gondi people in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gond