Indian Folklife and the National Folklore Support Centre Online Portal

Indian Folklife, (IFL) is a quarterly newsletter and research journal published by India's National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC). It is offered as a free downloadable resource in PDF format through the online portal of the NFSC. The portal is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Tata Education Trust.

The NFSC portal offers a research section which includes the Indian School of Folklore lectures, film screenings, and archival list of workshop topics on arts, crafts, dances, and folk performing arts. A wiki is available for NFSC contributors of research. It also offers community spaces for events posting, among other communication services. Click here to view wiki topics.

The portal also offers the following digital community archives: Nari Kurava; Jenu Kuruba; Seraikela Chhau Archives; Kerala Archives: Madhya Pradesh Archives; and Orissa Archives. Click here to view trailers of some of the ethnographic films from the archives.

The Indian Folklore Research Journal of the NFSC publishes original and unpublished research papers, book reviews, resource reviews, and announcements in the discipline of Indian folklore. It is published annually by the NFSC.

Each issue of the IFL newsletter is dedicated to a special issue addressing various themes closely linked to the "dilemmas and anxieties of folklife". Themes include, for example: "Ecological Citizenship, Local Knowledge and Folklife: October 2000"; "Globalization and Tribes of Northeast India: July 2006"; and "Folklore and Environment: January 2008". Click here to view IFL topics and access the issues.