TRIBAL LAW IN INDIA
Tribal communities have been obeying customary laws through their traditional panchayats since long. Vast literature is available on religion, culture, marriage and family traditions of tribal communities living in the Fifth Schedule states or in autonomous hill districts of the north-east covered by the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It was only in 1996 that Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act was enacted by parliament and it was enjoined upon the states having scheduled areas therein to adopt it within one year. Perhaps no exercise has yet been made to analyze in details the codified law as being implemented in the Fifth Schedule states till date and difficulties encountered in its implementation in the light of recommendations of the Bhuria Committee. In this book, an effort has been made in this direction to study laws applicable to tribal communities in different parts of India.
TRIBAL LIVELIHOOD AND GOVERNANCE: Regional Concerns
The tribes in India have experienced several legislative policies and amendments on two important issues – livelihood and governance. These two issues are important for the sustenance of a community. The first one, livelihood, addresses food security, and the second one, governance, addresses the administration of their village/habitat affairs, including food security. The traditional tribal governance system plays an important role in order to sustain their livelihood sources. Hence, these two issues, livelihood and governance, are interdependent and one influences the other with reference to the tribal life system.
TRIBAL MIGRATION
Seasonal labour Migration is an important dynamic constituent of the contemporary tribal scenario of India. The present book analyzes this basic issue that the large-scale migration is one of the survival strategies adopted by the tribals to save them from starvation, under a condition of the failure of the local support system caused due to increasing population and dwindling command over resources. The book specially reflects the ground reality of the overexploited western tribal belt of India.
Tribal Religion: An Analysis of Religion, Beliefs and Practices (Revised & Expanded)
This book is a great in depth look at religion and it’s far reaching effects on peoples far and near as well as advanced and primitive cultures. The writer has produced a remarkable resource and has clearly outlined the dynamics of religion and its role in society.
TRIBAL RELIGION: Continuity and Change among the Tangkhul Naga
Religion is a set of beliefs and practices generally held by an individual and community, involving adherence to codified rituals. Special emphasis of this study is indigenous religion, its organisation and functioning in the traditional and modern context.
TRIBAL SITUATION IN INDIA: Issues and Development (Second Revised Edition)
Comprehensively revised and updated, this second edition of Tribal Situation in India has been brought out based on reader’s feedback. After 1980, the tribal situation in India took a paradigm shift. The development went on as usual, but elite tribal groups have started raising voices for participation in various programmes and also started talking about preservation of tribal culture and identity. The old tradition of ethnographic studies is almost over. The development studies phase is there to see a sea change and the identity studies phase has been established. The Rio effect has made an impact here. The nature of tribal development as well as nature of tribal studies is changing. The book tries to capture the new trend in tribal development.
TRIBAL STUDIES AND BEYOND: Contributions of D.N. Majumdar to Indian Anthropology
Dhirendra Nath Majumdar was one of the pioneers of anthropological research in India. He joined the Department of Economics & Sociology, University of Lucknow in 1928. In the course of his 32 years of academic work he created in Lucknow an exceptional centre for anthropological studies through the institutions and journals he founded. Trying to relate the basic concepts of anthropology to the general public, he popularized the concept of ‘public anthropology’ and was also instrumental in promoting anthropology in Hindi.
TRIBAL WOMEN: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The social status of tribal women is heterogeneous; it differs regionally and among the tribes as well. In spite of several legal safeguards and implementation of various development programmes, tribal women continue to suffer from oppression, exploitation and discrimination in different walks of life. This book attempts to take stock of the status of tribal women belonging to different regions of India in different realms of life in the historical perspective.
TRIBALS & DEMOCRATIC POLITICS: Understanding from Agency Areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Evolving through different ideological and philosophical phases, the contemporary democratic system in India was established on elements of liberty, equality, justice, promotion of common good and equal participation. This study is primarily aimed to examine the state of tribal communities in contemporary democratic system, particularly considering the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution for effective political participation, governance and administration.
TRIBALS AND COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
The history of forest governance and policies in India presents an interesting blend of conservation and exploitation of the forests. Notwithstanding several measures taken to prevent depletion of forests in the past, the destruction of forests has continued. This has not only destroyed the traditional institutions of managing forests, but has also caused gross ecological imbalances. The forest policy in India, with its colonial attributes, continues to look upon forest-dependent communities not only as aliens in their own lands ignoring their rights, but even treats them as destroyers of forests.
TRIBES, CASTES AND DEVELOPMENT: Scenario in Three Villages of Madhya Pradesh
After independence, India adopted a suitable Constitution and thereafter, various welfare policies and schemes were introduced to facilitate self-governance. Over time, various area-specific and social group-specific measures were also taken by the state and other change agents. The broad purpose behind taking these steps was to translate spirit of democracy and Constitution into action.
Unsung Melodies from Margins
This book Unsung Melodies from the Margins engages, in the first place, the marginalized Dalit women’s voices in the fields of Biblical scholarship and theology in Indian context. It is an interdisciplinary attempt to raise the concerns of the most marginalized section of women who are most vulnerable to exploitation and violence of the caste-patriarchy alliance.
UP AGAINST CASTE: Comparative Study of Ambedkar and Periyar (Revised Second Edition)
The struggle for social justice and human rights in India is inextricably linked to the question of caste and the continuing caste-based social structure.
Struggles against caste and the caste system have a long history. In modern times the contributions of B.R. Ambedkar and E.V. Ramasami (popularly known as Periyar) are particularly significant. Ambedkar, hailing from an untouchable caste background, was the pioneer in teaching the untouchables the art of using political weapons for the betterment of their conditions. Through his scholarly works and social and political struggles, Ambedkar challenged the Brahminical order of society and sought to uphold the basic human rights of the depressed classes. E.V. Ramasami’s contributions were no less significant. The imprints of his struggles are to be found in the social and political spheres of the Tamil region in southern India. His challenge to Brahminism was sought to be posited through an alternative, democratic culture. The book presents a unique comparative discourse on the ideas of Ambedkar and Periyar.
UPLIFTMENT OF OBCs: Human Rights Perspective
The evil of caste system has persisted for several thousand years in the Indian society. On the one hand, it has bestowed hierarchically graded privileges on some sections of society and inflicted a series of disabilities, on the other. In this hierarchical social order, created by the so-called ‘higher’ castes, the downtrodden were stripped off even the equitable opportunities for social, political, economic and educational development.