- Talom Rukbo
Talom Rukbo was a literary and social worker in
Arunachal Pradesh . He was the father ofDonyi-Polo , a religious movement based inArunachal Pradesh . He has made scathing criticism of Christian missionaries forfraudulent conversion practices in the Northeast of India [ [http://www.stephen-knapp.com/preaching_in_indias_northeast_for_cultural_preservation.htm Preaching in India's Northeast for Cultural Preservation] - Stephen Knapp] .Quotes
cquote|The church?Christian missionaries ? quickly capitalized on the innocence of our forefathers. They fraudulently convinced our people that we were barbarians and converted some into Christianity. ? They declared that the converted persons must discard (1) the `animist` practices, (2) our festivals and that our Gods and Godesses were Saitan (evil spirits? Satan). [ [http://www.indicstudies.org/comments_reply.php?discussion_id=1&topic_id=12 Subject: Re-imagining Religious Freedom] Indic Studies Project]
Legacy
Because of his contribution to the
Adivasi way of life, Rukbo has been named one of the inspirations for theVanavasi Kalyan Ashram project run by theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [ [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/872507.cms RSS-backed Vanvasi NGO comes out of woods] The Economic Times - September 04, 2004] .Works
*"Donyi-Polo faith and practice of the Adis -- Extr. de : Indigenous faith and practices of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi : Himalayan Publ., 1998" [ [http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/himalaya/HimalWeb/nordest/Nordestbiblio2.html Biblio] Groupe des laboratoires de Villejuif]
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