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Boro Baski

Boro Baski

borobaski@gmail.com

http://www.dorfentwicklung-indien.de

last contributed to D+C in sprin of 2021. He works for the community-based organisation Ghosaldanga Adibasi Seva Sangha in West Bengal. The NGO is supported by the German NGO Freundeskreis Ghosaldanga und Bishnubati. He was the first person from his village to go to college as well as the first to earn a PhD (in social work).  

All articles of Boro Baski

Herding
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Traditional education

Why herding matters so much in the culture of the Santals, an Indian Adivasi tribe

South Asia
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Huge challenges

As the limits of the Green Revolution are becoming ever more obvious, Indian agriculture faces huge challenges

Heat
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Our cruel summer days

The hot season is the toughest time of the year in most of rural India – and Adivasi communities struggle to cope

India
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Santal worries

The young generation of India's Adivasis struggles with tough problems other youth do not have

Selft-determined village development
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Our fate in our hands

Achievements of an Adivasi self-help organisation in India

Human rights
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Legally entitled to a full stomach

Indian government wants to enforce right to food with new legislation

Primary education
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Teaching Santal children

Long-term success of non-formal Adivasi school in West Bengal

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