Stories of Bastar Travel

 

by K. L. Kamat
Last Updated: February 17, 2024

Introduction

Bastar (Ba-stir) is the most underdeveloped district of Madhya Pradesh  (in present day state of Chhattisgarh) in Central India. About 70% of Bastar is full of dense forest with 72% of the population being tribal (1979).

I took up this study at the behest of the Karnataka Literary Academy, and during the year-long  study the scholarship funded, I roamed the forests of Central India studying the lives and customs of the native people. Here are excerpts from the Kannada original, Bastara Pravasa, Pustakalaya 1991.

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Bastara Pravasa
"Bastara Pravasa"
Cover of Kamat's Book "Stories of Bastar Travel", Pustakalaya/ 1991

 

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