Looking around, not looking down: What Adivasi lives can teach us | Nandini Sundar | TEDxDTU

Delving into the need to actively advocate for the rights of the Adivasis, Dr. Sundar discusses how the tribal communities are integral to India's social and political fibre.
Dr. Nandini Sundar is a social anthropologist of South Asia, who has contributed to the understanding of environmental struggles, of the impact of central and state policies on tribal politics, and of the moral ambiguities associated with subaltern political movements in contemporary India. These contributions are anchored in her deep grasp of the legacies of colonial rule for cultural politics in contemporary India, and in theoretically innovative understanding of the relationship of major historical events to persistent structural tensions in Indian society. Professor Sundar has placed her detailed studies of tribal politics in Central India in the broader frame of studies of the law, bureaucracy and morality in modern India.
She is currently a Professor in and the Chairperson of the Department of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics. She has held visiting positions at Punjab, Yale, Michigan, Cambridge and Chandigarh universities.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@Richaineveryway]

Thank you so much for speaking on this topic and for putting it online. The only thing that needs to be mainstreamed is have these discussions and educating Indians on the importance of indigenous knowledge and culture. I know too many well educated Indian who k ow nothing about indigenous ppl other than the affirmative action policies. Thank you thank you thank you for highlighting the significance of my people.

[@madhavbadhwar2486]

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[@pravinkhude6527]

I saw your interview at off centre CCN news 18. It feels good to have a person like you bothering for Adivasis and reconciliation with Maoist.

[@eeshchoudhary1175]

Bloody urban naxal

[@madhavbadhwar2486]

9:01

[@gulabanand2404]

painful

[@monishgowra8856]

Mam sad part is why did you like this anthropology i feel like suciding