BALANCE HABITAT a Workshop on Ethno -Musical Naration on Man & Elephant Relation held on 3rd March 2015 at Chuapara TE Org. by The Art of Living

The Workshop held at Chuapara Staff Club  in Alipurduar District , West Bengal , India . Sri Kishor Mukherjee , Senior Faculty  , The Art of Living had inaugurate the Workshop by lighting the lamp . The Guests were offered khada by the volunteers on behalf of the organisser .  Sri Ashim Bhattacharjee , Faculty , Art of Living from Shillong , Mehgalaya , Sri Arup Guha ,  Elephant expert & Secretary , NASS Group , Cooch Behar , Smt. Amshi Tham , Pradhan , Chuapara Gram Panchayat , Sri Biren Mahali , Panchayat Samity Member and others guest and voluteer were present the workshop . Mr. Ramkumar Lama  welcome the Guest and volunteers . Sri Rajiv Sharma placed the Key note of the Workshop . In his Key note he aware about the initiatives  which is highly relevant and it is the high time to think about the conflict between Man and Elephant . Every body should think about it .  The youths had participated in the workshop , Ms. Mery Barla make a presentation in Sadri language . As per her the conflict happen due to insufficient of food for elephant in jungle and due to construction of the so many development project the habitat of elephant been destroyed .  Sri Azad Bhujel , YLTP block coordinator  also make presentation and welcome the youths to come forward   in this concern . Sri Arup Guha make his presentation and explain the behavior of elephant . We should protect the elephant . Sri Kishor Mukherjee  also make presentation . As per him the people should be take responsible to save the elephant . The Garo folk team had performed the folk dance dedicated to the wildlife . At the end vote of thank given by Ms Pushpa Thapa and the workshop end by singing all the participant  the song of WE SHALL OVER COME SOME DAY ..... !!

Tortoise Rescue and handed over to BTR authority

YLTP FOLK CULTURAL TEAM Participated in the various Program in Alipurduar DISTRICT

WORLD WETLAND DAY CELEBRATION on 2nd February 2015 at Rajabhatkhawa in Alipurduar , West Bengal By the VOLUNTEERS of THE ART OF LIVING

Welcome to TOTOPARA ..... a Ethnic & Rare Tribe Village

Sri Dhaniram Toto , a Living History of Toto , a Philosopher  , a Poet ..... a man & many more .


Totopara is situated  in Madarihat-Birpara Block in Alipurduar District in West Bengal , India . The smallest populated Tribes of the World  . Have only 347 household and total population 1568  . Very threaten tribes . The culture , language , tradition are so rich but are in threaten .  Having Graduate 8 students among 3 Girls and 5 Boys . In Government service 20 people .  Dhananjoy Toto son of Sri Dhaniram Toto doing M.Lib at North Bengal University .
The main challenges of the whole Totopara is Communication  . To reach Totopara every body have to cross the 5 river which is so tops in the rainy season . Except accept the situation there are no other alternative so people of the Totopara bound to accept this . In education  there are High School and the children of Toto getting the education . It is good  that the children of Totopara  found keen interest to take the education .
The Toto is one of the Premitives Tribes but they are getting the facilities of the primitives  Tribes . The students of Totopara not get the special education  grant as because of the primitives tribes . In the political process the Totopara get once a Pradhan level representation  and one Gram Panchayat Member among Toto . The dream of Sri Dhaniram Toto is Toto people get the chance to be Member of Parliament in  Rajya Sabha  nomited by the President of India . As there are no hope forth coming 100  years to be  a MP from Toto community as because of population , No Population .... no value in our democratic system . I dont khow whether Sri Dhaniram ji's will see the same in his life time . May god Bless Him and fulfill his dream of Toto community .
Thanks to Rajiv Sharma Bhai a pure Wildlife lover and activist for accompanying entire trips  .

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