Narmada, Gujarat •
May 13, 2022
The Adivasi and the ‘Moon Man’
In a string of five poems, an Adivasi poet from Narmada district in Gujarat curates the lived experiences and beliefs of tribal communities. This is the second in the series
Poem and Text
Illustration
Poem and Text
Jitendra Vasava
Jitendra Vasava is a poet from Mahupada village in Narmada district of Gujarat, who writes in Dehwali Bhili language. He is the founder president of Adivasi Sahitya Academy (2014), and an editor of Lakhara, a poetry magazine dedicated to tribal voices. He has also published four books on Adivasi oral literature. His doctoral research focused on the cultural and mythological aspects of oral folk tales of the Bhils of Narmada district. The poems by him published on PARI are from his upcoming and first collection of poetry.
Illustration
Labani Jangi
Labani Jangi is a self-taught painter from West Bengal's Nadia district. She is the very first winner of the T.M. Krishna-PARI prize in 2025 and was a PARI Fellow in 2020. A PhD scholar, Labani has been working on labour migrations at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.
