Karnataka: South India's first tribal library 'Kanu' opens

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South India's first tribal library 'Kanu' will be inaugurated on August 25 at BR Hills in Chamrajnagar district.  In the Soliga language, ‘Kanu’ means evergreen forest.  It will be the first South Indian Tribal Knowledge Centre.  Tribal communities scholars last year interacted with Prashant N. Srinivas, a medical doctor and public health researcher from BR Hills and Vraner from Germany, and the work done on Jenu Kuruba, Kadu Kuruba, Betta Kuruba, Soliga and other forest-based tribes  decided to establish this special library to exhibit and promote research. ‘Kanu’, set up in the Institute of Public Health Building, houses 1,200 books, research papers and contemporary works on South Indian forest tribes by tribals and non-tribals.