| About The Book : " This book provides, in a compact and comprehensive form, different facets of life and culture of the 'exotic', 'colourful', virile and exploited tribes of India trying to come to terms with the hard realities of transition from the hoary past to the bewildering pesent. Starting from the concept and definition of 'tribe' in the Indian perspective, It journeys through its' origin, different facets of society and culture, their various problems, issues in administration, welfare and development to a glimpse of their prospects and future. In between such topcis as tribal regionalism, discontent and revolt, debt bodnage, aret, social change during colonial and post-independence period, impact of various religious on their society and culture and ethnographic profiles of various tribes, some other topics have added further to it's utility." |
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