by Deepak Pariyar in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 10, 2023Phuliwang in Annapurna Rural Municipality-10 is a picturesque village around a three-hour bus ride and then an hour’s walk from Pokhara. The village was originally inhabited mostly by the indigenous Gurung community and Dalit community. Today, most of the Gurung families have moved away to the cities and if the Dalits had options they would too, for a better life elsewhere, says Ramshree BK, a local…
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by Kongkon Karmaker in The Daily Star, Feb 21, 2023Santhali, Kurukh, Sadri, Mundali — these are just some of the many languages spoken by the indigenous communities of the flatlands in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions. However, despite their vast range, most of these languages are vanishing fast not only due to a lack of government initiatives to revive them – but also for the reluctance among the communities themselves to speak their native tongues. A…