Talom Rukbo
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Talom Rukbo was the father of Donyi-Polo, a revivalist religious movement based in Arunachal Pradesh which attempts to reconstruct Tani (Adi) animist spirituality.
He has criticized Christian missionaries for fraudulent conversion practices in the Northeast of India.[1]
Because of his contribution to the Adivasi way of life, Rukbo has been named one of the inspirations for the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram project run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[2]
Publications
- Donyi-Polo faith and practice of the Adis -- Extr. de : Indigenous faith and practices of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi : Himalayan Publ., 1998[3]
References
- ^ Preaching in India's Northeast for Cultural Preservation - Stephen Knapp.
Subject: Re-imagining Religious Freedom Indic Studies ProjectThe church?Christian missionaries ? quickly capitalized on the innocence of our forefathers. They fraudulently convinced our people that we were barbarians and converted some into Christianity. ? They declared that the converted persons must discard (1) the `animist` practices, (2) our festivals and that our Gods and Goddesses were Saitan (evil spirits? Satan).
- ^ RSS-backed Vanvasi NGO comes out of woods The Economic Times - September 04, 2004
- ^ Biblio Groupe des laboratoires de Villejuif