We are adivasis, not vanvasis
This New Demand Is Being Thrown Up By Tribals Across Gujarat Don't call us vanvasis or forest dwellers. We are adivasis, the original dwellers of Gujarat, aborigines, who were pushed from the plains by more powerful outsiders from areas next to Sabarmati, Mahi or Tapi to the difficult mountainous terrains in the eastern belt. This is the new demand being thrown up by tribals across Gujarat. After the new Tribal Rights Act, which promises the adivasis the right to land in the forests they live in, this is going to be their new plank, as it makes them aware of their ethnic identity. Realizing the main loser in the process will be the BJP and the Sangh Parivar, which have coined the term