Adivaani
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| Founded | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
| Founder | Ruby Hembrom |
| Products | Books |
| URL | adivaani |
Adivaani (stylised as adivaani, in lower case) is a media platform that aims to support indigenous expression and assertion, based in Kolkata, India. It is a publishing, archiving and chronicling outfit of and by India's Adivasi tribes.
After attending a four-month publishing course in 2012,[1] Ruby Hembrom started Adivaani on realising the absence, invisibility, and erasure of tribal representation in media, curriculum, and societal discourse.[2][3][4] It was registered as a non-governmental organization on 19 July 2012.[5]
Adivaani is a combination of Sanskrit word 'adi' meaning 'first', 'original', 'ancient' or 'earliest', and 'vaani' meaning 'voice'. Adivaani translates to the 'first voices'.[6] Adivaani is the first publishing outfit of and by indigenous people of India to publish in the English language,[7] Hembrom co-opted two others to collaborate with,[8][7] one of whom still remains with Adivaani as a volunteer.