New Delhi, July 27 -- A few weeks ago, I stopped at the Urumala self-help group stall, run by Adivasi women entrepreneurs at a craft exhibition, drawn by the beautiful appliqued and embroidered scenes of life in the high hills of the Nilgiris. As I admired a cushion cover with elephants, Nethra, who was managing the stall, showed me a video shot in the Adivasis' village that had inspired the "story quilt". Villagers cheer in the background as the two elephants, entranced by the scent of ripe jackfruit, shake the tree violently to get at the fruit. The ring of onlookers, alternately calling advice and encouragement to them, doesn't faze them. When the fruits don't drop off, the two smarties "climb" the trunk and pull them down before stomp...