Transition, Change and Transformation : Impacting the Tribes in India

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Transition, change and transformation: impacting the tribes in India-an introduction/Jayanta Sarkar. 2. The Todas of the Nilgiris: a study on their transition/C.R. Sathyanarayanan. 3. The Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh: A study on persistence and change/B.K. Basu. 4. Transformation in economy, and social change: a case study of the Gujjars of Himachal Pradesh/Mukul Hazra. 5. Transformation in economy, socio-religious practices and political organisation of the Chenchus/Md. Azeez Mohidden and G.,V. Ramana. 6. Tribal India: structure, pattern and transformation, a study on the Saora tribe of Orissa/D.P. Biswas. 7. The Jaunsaris of Uttaranchal: continuity and change/N.K. Sinha. 8. The Riangs of Tripura in the changing scenario/Gautam Kumar Bera. 9. Transformation among the Noctes of Arunachal Pradesh/R.P. Athparia. 10. The Maghs of Tripura: a study on economic and social change/Biplab Das. 11. Social change vis-a-vis transformation among the Lepchas of the Eastern Himalayas/Jyotirmoy Chakraborty. 12. The mans of Garo Hills: a study on change/Sarit Kumar Cahudhuri. 13. The Barmans of Assam: an appraisal of cultural assimilation/N. Saha. 14. Transformation and social change among the Lalungs of Assam/G.C. Ojah. 15. Transformation vis-à-vis social change: a case study of the Santals of Bankura District, West Bengal/K. Mukhopadhyay. 16. The Bedias of Ramgarh Hill Range: a study on transformation/Tilak Bagchi. 17. The Kotias of Koraput: a study on socio-cultural entity and changes/S.P. Lala. 18. The Sountis of Orissa: a case of transformation/Rabiranjan Biswas. 19. The Koyas of Andhra Pradesh/Rajendra Prasad M. 20. Self image, identity and reform movement among the Bhumias/R.K. Sinha. 21. Pao identity and transformation/Mukesh Sahay. 22. Dynamics of transformation among the Bhils/D.K. Samanta. 23. Persistence and change: a study among the Varlis of South Gujarat/R. Sarkar. 24. Transformation among the Chik Baraiks of Jharkhand/Shyamal Kumar Nandy.

"The studies on social change and transformation entailed in this volume reveal an interesting phenomenon. In spite of conscious involvement of the tribes in adopting many cultural traits of the neighbouring larger caste ridden society, they, however, do not totally forgo their tribal identity. There is an urge of the tribes of India to project themselves as one of the components of the local/regional culture, through acceptance of many elements of cultural traits of the neighbouring communities, modification of some aspects of their own traditional cultural contents or even by dropping a few items of their age-old tradition, which pose some constraints towards their induction in the neighbouring culture as its essential components." (jacket)