Question 1(a) · 10 marks · 170 words written
What, according to you, are the factors responsible for detribalization in India?
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Detribalisation is the social process of losing the distinctive features of tribes like Culture, Lifestyle, Beliefs, ideas due to various Social Factors.
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FACTORS RESPONSIBLE :
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1] Globalisation The Homogenising tendency of Globalisation & Modernisation act as a threat to tribal identity. Eg:- Munda rebellion against Colonial's Unifying tendencies
2] Syncretism The process of tribes assimilating into the fold of Mainstream Culture. Eg:- Gonds speaks Hindi in Madhya Pradesh
3] Forced conversions Tribal areas in North-East where either persuaded / forced to adopt christianity by Missionaries Eg:- Khasi & Jaintias
4] State Led Development Policies State Policies on preferring mainstream society's for welfare & viewing Tribes as secondary citizens leading to their displacement & loss of Socio-Cultural fabric - Nandini Sundar
5] Failure to realise self Governance Failure of PESA, FRA to structure a self government structure leads to detribalisation.
But tribal autonomy is also preserved. 1] Nehru's tribal Panchsheel. 2] State's Constitutional structure of 5th Schedule.
Detribalisation is accelerated in the contemporary times due to the modernising tendency of Globalisation.