Geopolitics
The Semantic War on Sovereignty: How the Erasure of 'Adivasi' Undermines Indigenous Rights in India and Bangladesh
The BJP-led government in West Bengal canceled the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples celebrations, favoring its own 'Janjatiya Gaurav Divas' and sparking protests by tribal groups who see this as an assault on their 'adivasi' identity. This deliberate erasure of 'adivasi' terminology by Hindu nationalists is a sinister neo-colonial project to rewrite history and subjugate indigenous identity within a majoritarian Hindu civilizational narrative, stripping communities of their rightful claims to land and heritage.
