Ranchi, Jharkhand •
Aug 09, 2022
A name and the conspiracy of naming
A statement by the first tribal President of India, ‘Droupadi was not my original name’, brings back painful historical memories to Adivasi communities, the earliest inhabitants of this country. The anguish she expressed has been shared by many Adivasis, like the poet here
Poem and Text
Jacinta Kerketta
Jacinta Kerketta of the Oraon Adivasi community is an independent writer and reporter from rural Jharkhand. She is also a poet narrating the struggles of Adivasi communities and drawing attention to the injustices they face.
Painting
Labani Jangi
Labani Jangi is a 2020 PARI Fellow, and a self-taught painter based in West Bengal's Nadia district. She is working towards a PhD on labour migrations at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.
Editor
Pratishtha Pandya
Pratishtha Pandya is a Senior Editor at PARI where she leads PARI's creative writing section. She is also a member of the PARIBhasha team and translates and edits stories in Gujarati. Pratishtha is a published poet working in Gujarati and English.
