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Any objection to moving this page to Adivasi? QuartierLatin1968 01:18, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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[edit] Parsi tribal status followup

Although absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, I have removed the statement that Parsis have tribal status from both Parsi and Adivasi entries since I can't verify this (either way).

Although I originally added the statement (to Parsi) that Parsis gained tribal status in 2004, I am now of the opinion that this was incorrect. Parsiana (the Parsi community monthly), had absolutely nothing on the subject in 2004, and given how vocal Parsis can become on the subject of receiving (or not) special privileges, I'm sure that the subject would have been covered in depth if it were true.

Fullstop 12:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

I am sure that Parsi community do not belong to the category of adivasis and the scheduled tribes/ scheduled castes. --Bhadani 13:01, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sanskrit?

Does the word adivasi come from the Sanskrit language? 18:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Why do you not responde??????? 09:28, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
The talk pages are specifically for discussing the article, not for general discussion.
Adivasi = Adi (original) + Vasi (inhabitant)
Hence the words roughly is the same as English aboriginal, although there is no negative connotation.
Also Adi and Vasi are Sanskrit words
SDas 23:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Qs

Some points needed to be mentioned in article:

  • There should be a passage about the political implications of the usage of 'adivasi' vs. 'vanvasi' (the latter perferred by Hindu nationalists).
  • How to deal with adivasis in Bangladesh and Nepal? If they are to be included in the same article, then is it necessary to fork a separate ST article (as the BD/Nepal adibasis are not ST)?

--Soman 14:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DISCUSS: Proposing MERGER of Adivasis of Orissa into Adivasi

These articles are duplicative and need to be combined.OfficeGirl 06:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Adivasi is a pan India term for a 'Tribal person', whereas the other article is only specific of the adivasis from the Indian state of Orissa, so merging the two articles would be disasterous, only the duplicative material needs to be separated. (Ekabhishek (talk) 04:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Adivasi/Janjati in Nepal

In Nepal there are many indigenous peoples such as Tharu, Magar and Kham, Gurung, Tamang, Rai and Limbu who are called Adivasi (or Adibasi) and Janjati. Their situation is the same as India's Adivasis, except there might be small differences in government policy toward them. I propose that they be added to this article. LADave (talk) 18:37, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] adivasi or Adivasi

This article is clearly a work in progress, and several issues above relate to whether the term is general or specific. At the moment we use 'adivasi' in the early 'Connotations ..' section, and later often capitalise 'Adivasi' especially when referring to ST classification.

In keeping with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (capital letters), lower case should be used unless there is a definitive case (sic) for capitalising.

In any case (doh, there we go again) this article should move rapidly towards using one or the other consistently, or else explicitly explain that there are two uses of the term, one general and one specific, captialised accordingly. Earthlyreason (talk) 12:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

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