As condescending as ever

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As condescending as ever [1]

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The Union ministry of tribal affairs has come out with a draft policy on tribals. The document is actually a restatement of the Indian state's long-held condescension towards tribals. It is replete with condescending terms such as "primitive tribes'. While the adjective

Publication Date:

14/07/2004

Author(s): Walter Fernandes [2]

Source: Down to Earth [3]

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20040715

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/condescending-ever

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/condescending-ever
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/walter-fernandes
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/government-india-goi
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india