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Understanding Marginalisation
Write a brief note on prevalence of Adivasis population in India?
The term, Adivasis literally means ‘original inhabitants’ – are communities who lived, and often continue to live, in close association with forests.
(i)Around 8 per cent of India’s population is Adivasi and many of India’s most important mining and industrial centres are located in Adivasi areas – Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Bokaro and Bhilai among others.
(ii)Adivasis are not a homogeneous population: there are over 500 different Adivasi groups in India.
(iii)Adivasis are particularly numerous in states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. A state like Orissa is home to more than 60 different tribal groups.
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Write one reason why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect minority communities are very important.
Re-read the section on Minorities and Marginalisation. What do you understand by the term minority?
You are participating in a debate where you have to provide reasons to support the following statement. ‘Muslims are a marginalised community’. Using the data provided in this chapter, list two reasons that you would give.
Imagine that you are watching the Republic Day Parade on TV with a friend and she remarks, 'Look at these tribals. They look so exotic. And they seem to be dancing all the time'. List three things that you would tell her about the lives of Adivasis in India.
In the storyboard you read about how Helan hopes to make a movie on the Adivasi story. Can you help her by developing a short story on Adivasis?
Would you agree with the statement that economic and social marginalisation are interlinked? Why?
Tribals are also referred to as ____________.
In which one of the following states we don’t find Adivasis?
The Adivasi language which has the largest number of speakers is...........
Niyamgiri Hill located in Kalahandi district of Orissa is inhabited by this Adivasis community __________.
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