Wednesday 27 July 2011
poors In India:
In India, the peoples are composed of large and diverse tribal populations scattered across several states.
Anthropological literature suggests that the tribal designation arose as a colonial construct, in which all those living on the margins of mainstream agrarian society but within the structure of the Hindu caste system were delineated as “primitive” and “tribal”.
In Indian languages, there is no exact equivalent for the word “tribe”, but close synonyms are vanavasis (forest dwellers) or adivasi (original inhabitants).52 The 1891 Census Report arranged different castes according to their traditional occupations, and forest tribes were assigned a separate category from that of agricultural and pastoral castes (Xaxa 1999a).
Thus, both etymologically as well as spatially, the lives and livelihoods of tribal communities in India are intrinsically linked with forests.53
Anthropological literature suggests that the tribal designation arose as a colonial construct, in which all those living on the margins of mainstream agrarian society but within the structure of the Hindu caste system were delineated as “primitive” and “tribal”.
In Indian languages, there is no exact equivalent for the word “tribe”, but close synonyms are vanavasis (forest dwellers) or adivasi (original inhabitants).52 The 1891 Census Report arranged different castes according to their traditional occupations, and forest tribes were assigned a separate category from that of agricultural and pastoral castes (Xaxa 1999a).
Thus, both etymologically as well as spatially, the lives and livelihoods of tribal communities in India are intrinsically linked with forests.53
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