"The term "aboriginal" was translated into Sanskrit as adivasi, and began its career as a brilliant disinformer, creating the false impression that there was an indigenous tradition of considering the trivals as "aborignals" and the non-tribals as invaders.. the term adivasi, a colonial-missionary coinage.. All by itself, the word âdivâsî constitutes one of the most successful disinformation campaigns in modern history, for it keeps convincing all but the most critical-minded of the spurious division of the Indian population in native tribals and non-native non-tribals."