The tribal people of India constitutes 8.08 percent of the total population of India. They are generally inhabiting in different ecological and geoclimatic conditions mostly inaccessible to other people. So each tribal group is distinct from the other in ethnic affinity and social practices. They are having some salient features which make them unique. The cultural identification or way of living is still strong among them. The government since independence, is trying to develop and improve the socio-economic condition of the tribal people. A huge amount has already been spent over the tribes in the name of tribal upliftment, but the tribals are still to join main stream of national development. The pathetic situation of the tribal life has attracted the attention of academicians to present diagnostic studies afresh. This volume has been prepared with the same objective. The volume encompasses a wide range of papers covering so many important aspects of tribal life. The planners and implementers must have the ethnographic knowledge of the Indian tribes for the proper implementation of development programmes. With this broad view in mind the editor has tried to present in this volume the life and culture of Indian tribes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chaturbhuj Sahu
Dr. Chaturbhuj Sahu (b. 3 January. 1950) (Jharkhand), is one of the well known and leading figures in Anthropology particularly in the realm of development Anthropology and Khartha (Regional Language) in India. He obtained his M.Sc. (Anthropology); M.A. (Labour & Scoail Welfare), L.L.B.; Ph.D. (Anthropology) degrees from Ranchi University, ranchi. Vogyan Vachaspati (Equivalent to D. Sc. Degree) from Vigyan parisad, Prayag, Allahabad. His work "development of Birhor Cluster" 1982 for which he was awarded Ph.D. earned for him sincere appreciation from the anthropologists in India and abroad. Dr. Sahu is a member and life member of many learned bodies and societies. His publication includes 20 books and more than 100 scholarly papers in internationally reputed journal and edited books. Birhor tribe, the santhal women, Problems of Ageing among Indian Tribes, Tribal Cultural and identity, primitive Tribes of India, Indian tribal Life, tribes of North-East India, aspects of Tribal Studies, etc., books are recent and prominent. Dr. Sahu has held important pot as Head, department of educational Planning and Policy, SIEMAT (State Institute of educational Management and Training), Patna. Dr. sahu has been honoured by several societies in which "Dr. Ratna Kumari Smriti Padak" is important Padak of Vigyan Parisad, Prayag, Allahabad. Dr. Sahu is currently head, Post Graduate department of Anthropology, Vinoba Bhave university, hazaribag (Jharkhand).
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