Indian tribes : the habit, society economic and change.

The commitment to the objective of economic growth with social justice has raised our curiosity to know more on the conditions of habitat, society, economy and pace of change among the lagging social strata of Indian Union. The aboriginal communities which are more popularly known as Tribes, constitute an important section of the lagging strata of Indian society. This book is a novel attempt to present the fresh information on the societal diagnosis of tribal communities in India. It makes a wider reference to tribes of the world and their traits. Indian tribes have been taken for discussion at length on their alarming challenges. The field-based case studies have been done with reference to tribes of U.P. Himalaya namely; Tharu, Baksha, Bhotia, Raji and Jaunsaris. A detalled account of the socio-economic, cultural, political and geographic constraints of tribals against the background of a competitive bid for development with rest of the communities has been presented in a lucid style drawing the support of empirical data. Study of Kolta, Rawainee, and Tharu is very revealing as well as exciting. Comparative pace of social and economic growth of Boksha, Bhotia and Raji communities suggestlues for policy making. The book is likely to benefit sociologists. anthropologists, economists as well as the general readers enormously.