Standing aloof amid Ranchi's bustling locality, Morhabadi, the Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), is yearning to gel with the hustle and bustle of the locality by encouraging schools and other educational institutions to make best use of the informative materials available at the institute especially the 12 documentaries made on the tribes of Jharkhand.
The institute authorities claimed to have written letters to the Human Resource Department to disseminate the message among all Government schools as it prepares to send reminders to the department and also to invite private schools of Ranchi to avail the on demand documentary service offered free of cost.
Even as the services are free of cost for educational institutions, for the TRI this is one way of inviting people's attention towards a neglected repertoire depicting State's rich cultural heritage.
"We revived the auditorium around four months back. After that we sent a letter to the department of education to disseminate the information among all schools however how much that information has trickled down we don't know as of now. So we will soon send reminders to the department," said State Project Director, Jharkhand Tribal Development Society, HS Gupta.
The over 30 minute long documentary films on the tribes of Jharkhand would be made available as and when demanded by schools on working days. Although the documentaries have been made long back, the efforts to get attention towards the tribes and tribal culture ingrained into the history of the tribal land has just begun.
Also, a one-hour show on the primitive tribes will be shown from 12 noon to 1 pm on working days till November 2 and the doors of the 100 seat renovated auditorium has been thrown open for commoners as well.
Nonetheless, the JTDS' valiant attempt to revive interest about the tribal history faces a biggest hurdle-absence of power backup. The institution depends solely on regular supply of power and is vulnerable to power outage like a common household.
"We are experiencing problems because of power cuts. So, we trying to install a higher capacity generator and the efforts will fructify very soon," maintained the Director.
Meanwhile, the museum in the premises of JTDS is also being decked up with new lighting equipment to lure back people to the museum. Also, additional artifacts related to Oraon and Sabar tribes are being brought to widen the collection of relics at the museum.