THE ADIVASI'S OF KODAGU Understanding the adivasi’s of Kodagu District, Karnataka thru three months internship with CORD
A community living in the wild in mud or bamboo huts with thatched roofs built in a circle with the embers of the previous nights fire smouldering, dark people dressed in garments made of leaves or hay. This is what came to mind when I was told that I will have to spend my three month internship with the adivasi’s of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka. With the first staff meeting that I participated in CORD where some of the tribal leaders were present that perception changed, they were no different to us. However I was eagerly anticipating my first visit to the hadi [i] . ...