By King RJ
Bhaderwah June 11 : With an aim to protect authentic tribal literature and to encourage young Adivasi writers to come forward to showcase their unique culture with their writings, maiden All India Adivasi Indigenous Tribal writer’s conference organised at Bhaderwah, which concluded here today.
The two days conference in which 37 Adivasi writers, poets and cultural experts of different tribes from across the country participated was held at Lal-Ded Auditorium of Bhadarwah Campus.
A joint venture of ‘Jharkhandi Bhasha Sahitya Sanskriti Akhara’ and ‘Anjuman-e-Taraqqi Gojri Adab’, the conference was inaugurated by DC Doda Vishesh Paul Mahajan along with ADC Dilmir Chowdhary and SP Bhadarwah Vinod Sharma.
The representatives from different tribes participated in the workshop include that of Santhali, Gondi, Ho, Bhundhari, Koya, Banjara,Kharia, Kudhuk, Gujjar, Bakerwal, Gaddi and Munda from different states and union territories including Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chatissgarh, Telengana, Rajisthan, Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Asaam, J&K and Andhra Pradesh.Vandana Tete coordinator of the workshop said that all the tribes of Northern, central and Eastern India share basic similarities and aim of organising the workshop is bring all the tribals under one umbrella and to share their culture and problems they are facing to preserve their unique identity.
On the occasion DC Doda also released three books written by Adivasi writers.
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