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    purpose of extracting bauxite. This was done way back in 2005. Following this an ‘on-principle’ clearance was given by the Ministry of Environment which later instituted a committee headed by NC Saxena to study the implications of the project for the tribes in the area. The MoE would later rescind its initial ‘in principle’ approval to the project and even reject a second clearance based on the recommendations of the aforesaid committee report thereby effectively stopping the project. The Non Market

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    Among India’s ‘people at the periphery’ are its tribes. Development planning in India (which took place roughly between 1940 and 1960) has attempted to foster their social and economic empowerment by focusing on various areas such as food security‚ health‚ education‚ employment and income generation. Tribal Development in India can be classified into the isolationist approach‚ the assimilation approach and the integration approach. Verrier Elwin‚ a citizen of Great Britain‚ came to India in 1927

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    INTRODUCTION In The River Between‚ Ngugi critically examines and evaluates‚ primarily through the aspect of Christianity the cultural clash between the Africans and the foreign invaders. The story‚ confined to a small section of the Gikuyu tribe has validity not only about similar situations under colonialism elsewhere in Africa but has an almost universal validity. Although Ngugi begins his story in the middle at a time when the white Christian missionaries have already arrived and have

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    involved in a social movement- the Naxalite movement in India. She is living in the Jharkhani forest with a group of Naxalite rebels. The story reveals several significant facts about the Santal tribe through the reminiscences of Draupadi. Firstly women are shown clearly "protected" by the men of the tribe as the phrase "stood guard over their women’s blood" implies. Secondly‚ as a group that expected and received such patriarchal “protection‚” the women seem not to have engaged in warfare for Dopdi

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    In a global context‚ Liberalization‚ Privatization and Globalization (LPG policy) are no longer an option but a fact. Whether one likes it or not‚ it is bound to influence all spheres of life and activities. Developing countries like India may have to learn to manage the process far more skillfully and efficiently for the development of the country. In the broad setting of reforms in many countries in the 1980s‚ India was an apparent anomaly. India was at the crossroads. She was facing a macroeconomic

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    support their leaders. Tribes are loosely-structured anthropological political systems composed of families and other communities which are based solely on kinship. Tribes are the most basic and primitive form of political system. In tribal societies‚ the elders and the heads of the families are often the ones who lead the tribe. They are usually the ones who are sought for advice and guidance. The main difference between a band and a tribe is the size of the community. Tribes are defined as bigger

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    allowing the lodges to produce money which in turn allows them to buy more land for conservancies. The money that the lodge produces also goes to the people of the tribe and in most cases helps them with living. The money goes to making waterways‚ roads‚ construction‚ food‚ etc. for the tribe. The lodge is producing jobs for the tribe and allowing them to have better living environments. Wildlife is also benefiting from more land conservation and tourism by being able to preserve areas strictly for

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    “DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE” Our work with the indigenous community (Savar tribe) under the IFAD supported Jharkhand tribal development program(JTDP)‚ worked as a panacea to rejuvenate the dying spirits of indigenous people and growing unrest in the minds of youths belonging to tribal and marginalized communities living in areas surrounded by dense forest‚ hilly terrains and mountains. The development approaches with the JTDP helped in establishment of harmonious existence of life at grassroots

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    rushing to catch up with the new society Kumalo is rushing to catch up simply with his own thoughts on the subject. Kumalo is trying to find something that will “take the place of tribal law and custom” just as he finally admits to himself “the tribe was broken‚ and would be mended no more” (Paton 120). He

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    all cultures endure hours of grooming and undergo sometimes very painful procedures. Three examples of cultures whose women undergo extreme body modifications to fit societal standards are the Kayan‚ Mursi‚ and Apatani tribes. Originating in Burma‚ a small group of the Kayan tribe better known also as the “giraffe women” have gained worldwide attention for the practice of wearing neck rings. Now living in Thailand‚ the Kayan women begin at the age of five by wrapping brass coils around their necks

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