Tribes In Transition: Contemporary Discourses: Contemporary Discourses

Book Code: 1111017442330

Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri, Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi

ABOUT THE BOOK

The present publication encompasses a  remarkable collection of research papers by  specialists and scholars on different aspects  of tribal issues across disciplines. This volume examines the kaleidoscope of tribal  development paradigm, and attempts to  offer some valuable insights to eradicate the bottlenecks of inclusive tribal development.  It has focused on successive paradigm shifts in tribal development policies and strategies at different points of time. It is expected that the endeavor will provide intellectual stimulants to those who cherish interest in this field. Development is a continuous process. This has been taking place in society since time immemorial. However it has acquired greater intensity and velocity in the last five decades. Development is not merely an economic phenomenon. It encompasses more than financial aspect of people's lives. Development should be perceived as a multi-dimensional process involving the reorganization and reorientation of the entire economic and social system. In this context tribal development is viewed as improvements in institutional, social and administrative structures, positive changes in attitudes and even customs and beliefs. It also emphasizes on acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality and the eradication of absolute poverty. To examine all these issues, various authors have discussed in this volume the issues and perspectives of tribal development, criticism of development perspective, scope, conditions and barriers of inclusive tribal development. While analyzing the critical issues involved in tribal development perspective, they have shared their enormous experiences of developmental process, identity assertion and reorientation of inclusion in contemporary democratic society. Hope the book will invite wider interests from its readers and generate concerns and curiosity to carry on further research in this area.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri is a founder professor of the department of Anthropology, Rajiv Ghandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh where he
also worked as one of the founder members of the Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS) for a long time. He was the former Director of IGRMS (GOI) Bhopal and worked in Anthropological Survey of India, Shillong. Since last three decades he is engaged with various issues concerning the tribes of North East India as well as ethnographic museums of India.

Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi, is currently workingas Professor and Head, in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (A Central University), Madhya Pradesh. He did his academic degrees from Central University of Hyderabad. Earlier he worked in Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh (A Central University). He was the founding member, first regular Head and Professor of Sociology, in Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh. Besides supervising research scholars, he has since long been engaged in the empirical socio anthropological studies on various tribes of India. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has to his credit one text book and five reference books. His interests and publications are in the field of Tribal Studies, Sociological theory, Sustainable Development, Social Exclusion, Rural Livelihood and WatershedManagement.

 

CONTENTS

Acknowledgement ...................................................................7

Contributors ...........................................................................9

Introduction ......................................................................... 11
— Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri and Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi

1. Contested Identity: Tales of a Tribe and Transition in North India......19
— Subhasis Sahoo and Sunil Kumar Mishra

2. Occupational Stress among Bhatra Tribe in Bastar Region ........ 31
— Swapan Kumar Kolay

3. Emerging Identities through Tribe-Caste Continuum:
A Case from Panika Community ................................................ 47
— D.V. Prasad

4. Reclaiming the Mountain Regions: Indigenous Perspectives
Across the Cultures .............................................................. 71
— Annapurna Devi Pandey

5. Tribal Development and Social Exclusion: Nuances of
Alternative Development Paradigm ........................................... 95
— Bibhuti Bhushan Malik & Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi

6. Adivasis and Affirmative Action Policies: An Ethnographic
Appraisal of PVTGs ................................................................ 107
— Eswarappa Kasi and Gladis S. Mathew

7. Adivasi and Insurgency: Untangling the Governance Paradoxes
in the Fifth Schedule Areas .................................................... 129
— Niranjan Sahoo

8. Globalisation, Human Rights and Tribal Development:
Perspective and Promise ........................................................ 147
— Tapan Kumar Mohanty

9. Multi-disciplinary Teamwork: A Methodological Insight for
Research Trainees (Data collected from Tribal Village of Odisha)........171
— H. Samantaraya and Premananda Panda

10. Christianity and the Hmars of Assam: Tradition and Transition .... 187
— Birinchi K. Medhi and Arindita Goswami

11. Health, Healthcare and Basic Amenities among Tribes in India:
An analysis .......................................................................... 199
— Rajesh Raushan

12. Health and Healthcare among Jaunsari Tribe: Progress and
Challenges after National Rural Health Mission in Hilly Areas
of Uttarakhand ..................................................................... 215
— Geeta Sahu

13. Food Insecurity among the Tribal Communities of Madhya
Pradesh: Evidences from the Korku Tribe in East Nimar Region ....229
— Janmejaya Mishra & Raj Kumar Gupta

14. Transition of Traditional Muga Silk Culture and its Future
Implications for Plain Tribes in Assam ...................................... 241
— Sikha Dutta

Index .................................................................................. 251