Radical AnthropologySorry it's twitter but I 💗this quote from Jaipal Singh, 77 years ago today:
"In Adibasi society, there was no discrimination by caste and gender. Thus you cannot teach democracy to the tribal people; you have to learn democratic ways from them.”
- Jaipal Singh, Dec 19, 1946
#adivasi #JaipalSingh #democracy #egalitarianism
Thanks Dr Aashish Xaxa
https://x.com/XaxaSpeaks/status/1736986045269319944?s=20
Dr. Aashish Xaxa (@XaxaSpeaks) on X
“In Adibasi society, there was no discrimination by caste and gender. Thus you cannot teach democracy to the tribal people; you have to learn democratic ways from them.” - Jaipal Singh. Remembering his historic speech in The Constituent Assembly on 19th December 1946.
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