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Mansinh Chaudhary

Mansinh Chaudhary is an Adivasi writer from Unchamala in Vyara taluka of Tapi district of Gujarat. He has been teaching Gujarati in a college in Anand since 1992 and is presently Head of the Department. He holds a PhD degree in Gujarati and is a research guide at two universities of Gujarat. He writes in Chaudhary-Bhili, Gujarati and Hindi. He has 35 articles and 10 books to his credit. His collection of poems Khetawalo written in Chaudhary-Bhili language is the first of its kind in Gujarat. He was invited by the Delhi Sahitya Akademi to read his poems at the Tribal Poetry Festival.

Who … are we? | આમે … કિડેએ …

Translated from the Chaudhary-Bhili language of Adivasis to the English by Rupalee Burke Dwellers of forests and hills True owners of forests and rulers of hills Inhabiting forests since primeval times Cultivating crops from the depths of the Earth Sustainers …

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