He had worked in coal mines as the lowest rung worker and in farms as an agricultural labourer. His sensitivity and kindness were reflected everywhere.
Remembering Debjeet Sarangi, Defender of Adivasi Knowledge and Heritage
Sarangi s Living Farms gave countless people a glimpse of a new worldview â that of the Kondh communities of Odisha â as well as inspiration to protect it.
Debjeet Sarangi. Photo: Twitter
Rights17/May/2021
I knew Debjeet Sarangi for nearly 18 years, and kept discovering and rediscovering him throughout. At a memorial meeting this week â after his death from COVID-19 on May 15, at the age of just 53 â I learnt new facets I had not known: new surprises tucked away in what he was.
I learnt, for instance, that Debjeet never had many opportunities in his formal education. Iâd never really wondered about it. He would read and quote from all kinds of books, and was well-versed in the discourse and practice of many sectors of the development world. And he was constantly learning from Adivasi communities, and other communities too, making him especially âeducatedâ, in a civilisation
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Like remoras to a whale, narratives cling to every state. They persist long after they stop being true. Punjab is the state of cancer, drugs and the Green Revolution. Tamil Nadu has excellent public delivery of healthcare and education. In Bihar, Nitish Kumar is Sushasan, Good Governance, Babu even though the State remains absent.
This void does not stay empty for long. Society steps in, creating imperfect replacements to the State.