Boomerang, as is obvious from its name, is something that returns to the thrower when thrown with a certain technique. It was used for hunting, catching fruits and even defence. It was widely used a weapon in wars and matches. Originally, it was made of wood, metal, even ivory, but present day championship boomerangs are mainly foam and PVC materials.

‘Mowgli’, the jungle boy, was found with wolves in 1831 in the caves of Santbawdi village in the Gond tribal area of Seoni. Mowgli, believed to be a Gond himself, held a weapon, the Boomerang, a hunting tool and weapon of the tribe. After being discovered by some British hunters, and their reciting the tale to their counterparts, famous writer Rudyard Kipling recreated the character and made him a famous kid with superhuman powers. Ken Colbung, famed as the Boomerang Guru all over Australia, had strong ties with the Indian Gond tribe, that went long into the past. He had a notion of the Indian Gonds being some distant cousins to the Australian Aboriginals, which has recently been even proved by DNA matching. Ken Colbung’s tribal name was ‘NundjanDjirijarkan’, and was famous all over the world with many titles like ‘Boomerang Guru’, ‘River Man’, ‘Army Man’, ‘Boxer’, ‘Tribal Leader’ etc. He had always believed that the Boomerang must be identified and credited as the original tool of the Gonds of India, and worked relentlessly to bridge the gap between the aborigine communities of the two countries.