India’s Tribes: Unfolding Realities brings together critical essays on tribal communities, some of the most marginalized people in India. The chapters, authored by eminent scholars who made significant contributions to the field of Tribal Studies, present important research on resource appropriation, poverty, education, health, economy and the tribal situation. They discuss issues such as problems of development-induced displacement, labour exploitation, sustainable livelihoods, politics of religious conversion, tribal women’s issues, resistance movements and policy responses. The editor’s introductions reflect on predicaments of tribal people in contemporary times, besides presenting a comprehensive perspective on the contribution of the selected essays to an understanding of tribal life. The series ‘Social Change in Contemporary India’ brings together key texts published in the prestigious journal Social Change, from 1971 till present times. These writings, most of which are considered canonical, address important issues in health, education, poverty and agriculture, with special focus on the disadvantaged groups. The essays will help readers identify key points in the history of policymaking in India and major discourses and debates and their impact. Contents: About the Series Foreword by Manoranjan Mohanty Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Section I: Actors Sectional Introduction Nirmal Kumar Bose The Scheduled Communities and Social Change K. S. Singh Reflections on the Current Debate Concerning the Indigenous Peoples Amar Kumar Singh Endangered Tribals of India: Booby Trap of Development Sonali Mukherjee Mining and Women: The Case of the Maria of Chhattisgarh Section II: Institutions Sectional Introduction Prabhat K. Singh From Ethnicity to Organized Complexity in Tribal Customary Laws Bhubaneswar Sabar Bringing Culture Back: Traditional Agricultural Knowledge, Food Production and Sustainable Livelihood among Chuktia Bhunjia of Orissa Chungkhosei Baite Socio-cultural Life of Trans-border Tribes: A Case Study of the Baites Avitoli G. Zhimo Indigenising Christianity: Politics of Conversion among the Sumi Naga Section III: Change Sectional Introduction Amenla Nuken and L. Ladusingh Inter-generational Social Mobility: A Study of Konyak Naga Tribe Ram Dayal Munda The Jharkhand Movement: Retrospect and Prospect Binay Kumar Pattnaik Tribal Resistance Movements and the Politics of Development-induced Displacement in Contemporary Orissa Tanushree Haldar and Vinoj Abraham Development, Displacement and Labour Market Marginalisation: The Case of Jharkhand Tribal Population Walter Fernandes Indian Tribals and Search for an Indigenous Identity Index