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Topic: Santhal

The battle that came before President Murmu released Ol Chiki Constitution— pride of Santals

President Droupadi Murmu hailed Santali Constitution in Oi Chiki script as the ‘pride and joy’ of the Santal community. But the first translation was done in 2021—‘no govt was involved’.

‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’, ‘territorial integrity’ — BJP & JMM-Congress spar in poll-bound Jharkhand

JMM has floated ‘Jharkhand Batega Nahi, Adiwasi Hatega Nahi’ slogan to turn the tables on BJP, which has been harping on changing demographics in tribal-dominated Santhal Pargana.

There’s a search for lesser known freedom fighters in India. New novel jumps in with Santhals

Tuhin A. Sinha and Suraj Prasad’s latest historical novel, Sido Kanhu: The Santhal Hul, Bharat’s First War of Independence’, was recently launched at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

Droupadi Murmu rise brings back tussle between Santali scholars and Ol Chiki govt lobby

After being written in Roman, Bengali, Devanagari, Assamese, Nepali scripts for a long time, Santali got its own indigenous one—Ol Chiki.

A community kitchen in a Bengal village is providing food to tribals during lockdown

A part of the school for tribal kids has been converted into a kitchen. It provides food to around 250 villagers, mostly tribals & migrant workers who lost jobs during the lockdown.

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Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.