Glimpses Into The World Of Verrier Elwin

Book Code: 1111017442333

K.M. Sinha Roy

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is an outcome of the Seminar entitled “Tribal world of Verrier Elwin”organized by the Anthropological Survey of India, at its Sub-Regional Centre, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, during 21 -23 ,December, 2017. The book is a compilation of the lectures that was given by various Research Scholars and local people, during the seminar. The volume “Glimpses into the World of Verrier Elwin” comprises of 21 selected papers. We have published the papers as it is, in Hindi/English version. These lectures were presented and discussed by the scholars of AnSI, various educational institutes and local people. These are people who have read about Elwin or had learnt about him from their parents, who had been fortunate to have seen and interacted with him. The volume provides a glimpse of the overall contribution of Elwin in the field of tribal ethnographic work in Central India especially among the Maria, Muria a community and the ever-important developmental aspects of the Tribal world of India. The readers, be it researchers, students or
administrators, this volume will be able to give clear insight into the works of this invaluable anthropologist, and also the field experiences of various senior researchers. These valuable papers have been treasured here and can be immense value to future developmental prospects.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

K.M. Sinha Roy did his Masters in Social Anthropology from North Bengal University. He has done intensive work on communities of Andaman and Nicobar such as the Jarwas, Nicobarese and Sentenelese. He has also worked in various other national and regional projects of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Odisha, West Bengal and has published several research papers in scientific journals including International Journals and has edited multiple books. He joined the
Anthropological Survey of India at Port Blair. Presently, K.M. Sinha Roy is working as Superintending Anthropologist (cultural) and is simultaneously performing as the Head of Office in the Eastern Regional Centre of the Anthropological Survey of India.

CONTENTS

Foreword ................................................................. 7

Preface ................................................................... 11

Introduction ............................................................ 13

1.Verrier Elwin in Bastar ........................................... 21

2. वेरियर ऐलविन ............................................................................................25
किरणनुरुट

3. On Verrier Elwin ................................................ 27
Ashok Elwin

4. Anthropology of Verrier Elwin: Stray Observations ............................ 35
R K Bhattacharya,

5. Envisioning Elwin Through His Central Indian Experiences ............... 41
Gautam Kumar Bera

6. Elwin’s Philosophy and Its Contemporary Relevance ......................... 63
Kanchan Mukhopadhyay

7. Verrier Elwin and Anthropological Survey of India ....... 73
Jayanta Sarkar

8.जनजातियों के प्रति वेरियर एल्विन का लगाव.....................................................81

गंगाराम कश्यप

9. The Agaria, Varrier Elwin .................................... 85
Divya Bharti

10. Varrier Elwin and Bastar, Chhattisgarh ................... 91
Rajesh Roshan

11. Nutritional Status of the Murias of Bastar, Chhattisgarh – a well discussed tribe by Verrier Elwin ........................ 101
Sanjay Shukla

12. Verrier Elwin and Tallurmuttey – Concept of Earth
Goddess among the Muria .................................... 107
Amitabha Sarkar

13.बस्तर की आदिवासी संस्कृति व सामाजिक स्थिति...............................................................117

भुनेशवर लाल साह

14.बस्तर की जनजातियों में सामाजिक-सांस्कृतिक परिवर्तन का अध्ययन .....................121

राजेन्द्र सिंह,

15.मुरिया जनजाति के जीवन में घोटुल का महत्व..........................................................133

बीना विश्वकर्मा

16. World View of Abujh Maria: Katta-Pen Relationship with
Celestial belief System ........................................... 141
Samira Dasgupta

17. Socio-economic and Cultural Life of the Baiga: A Dicronic
Study in Achanakmar-amarkantak Biosphare, Chhattishgarh ............. 153
Raj Kishor Mahato

18. The Muria at Cross Roads ................................... 169
Palash Jalani

19. Ghotul as Shrine and Social Education Hub for Muriya/Madiya: An Observational Study at Abujhmad, Narayanpur District
of Chhattisgarh ............................................ 179
Swapan Kumar Kolay

20. Gondi Dialects of Bastar ................................ 189
Shashi Pandey

Photographs ...................................................... 195

Index ............................................................... 203