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Talom Rukbo was a literary and social worker in Arunachal Pradesh. He was the father of Donyi-Polo, a religious movement based in Arunachal Pradesh. He has made scathing criticism of Christian missionaries for fraudulent conversion practices in the Northeast of India [1].
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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). |
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Because of his contribution to the Adivasi way of life, Rukbo has been named one of the inspirations for the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram project run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [3].
- 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[4]
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