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Dr.
Bipin
Jojo,
Tata
Institute
of
Social
Sciences,
Mumbai
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Are
We
Scheduled
Tribes
or
Adivasis?
The
notion
of
a
tribe
in
India
is
determined
primarily
by
the
political
and
administrative
consideration
of
uplifting
a
section
of
the
Indian
people
which
have
been
remotely
situated
in
the
hills
and
forests
and
who
are
backward
in
terms
of
the
development.
Article
342(1)
of
India
provides
that
the
President
may
with
respect
of
any
state
or
union
territory
and
where
it
is
a
state,
after
consultation
with
the
Governor
thereof,
by
public
notification
specify
the
tribes
or
tribal
communities
or
parts
of
or
groups
within
tribes
or
tribal
communities
which
shall
for
the
purpose
of
this
constitution
be
deemed
to
be
Scheduled
Tribes
in
relation
to
that
state
or
union
territory,
as
the
case
may
be.
However,
the
constitution
has
not
laid
down
any
criteria
for
specification
of
communities
as
Scheduled
Tribes.
The
first
Backward
Classes
Commission
(Kelkar
Commission)
appointed
by
the
President
of
India
under
Article
340
of
the
Constitution
in
1953
clarifies
that
–
Scheduled
Tribes
lead
a
separate
exclusive
existence
and
are
not
fully
assimilated
in
the
main
body
of
the
people.
Scheduled
Tribe
may
belong
to
any
religion.
They
are
listed
as
Scheduled
Tribe
because
of
the
kind
of
life
led
by
them.
Despite
the
fact
that
the
national
leaders
like
Gandhi,
Nehru
and
others
have
in
the
course
of
the
freedom
struggle
identified
the
tribal
people
of
the
country
with
the
term
‘ADIVASI’ and the tribal people identify themselves proudly with
it,
the
term
does
not
have
constitutional
recognition.
The
constitutional
term
is
anusuchit
janjati
(Scheduled
Tribe).
This
is
indicative
of
the
fact
that
the
country
is
not
taking
the
matter
of
the
Adivasi
being
the
Adi
(the
earliest,
first)
vasi
(inhabitant)
of
the
country.
The
signal
is
clear
that
the
status
of
being
anusuchit i.e.
scheduled is a temporary one, and that the remaining
janjati
makes
him
part
of
the
jati
i.e.
caste
system
of
the
dominant
society.
This
is
corroborated
by
the
fact
that
the
Adivasis
are
required
to
produce
a
jati pramanpatra (caste certificate) when identifying themselves in
connection
with
applying
for
admission
in
schools/colleges
and
jobs.
As
far
as
the
word
“Adivasi”
is
concerned
the
word
is
in
conformity
with
our
sentiments
and
we must feel proud of being identified as such. I feel
degraded
when
I
see
some
organisations
calling
us
girijan
(hill
people)
or
vanvasi
(forest
people).
If at any moment our political masters feel like de scheduling
any
scheduled
tribe/s,
they
will
have
no
place
other
than
falling
within
the
caste
hierarchy
of
Indian
society.
I
am
sure
the
Adivasis
will
never
get
recognized
as
Brahmins
or
Khsatriyas.
They
will
share
the
social
strata
with
the
scheduled
caste
brethren
who
are
still
considered
to
be
untouchables.
...to
be
continued
in
the
next
issue.
Dr.
Bipin
Jojo
(editor@tribalzone.net)
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Even
in
Delhi,
I
find
people
afraid
of
telling
their
identity
that
they
are
Adivasis.
A
few
years
back
I
met
an
Adivasi
IFS
officer.
When
I
spoke
to
him
in
Sadri,
he
responded
in
Hindi
only.
Perhaps
speaking
Sadri
would
have
belittled
him.
I
sincerely
feel
that
those
in
senior
position
should
take
lead
in
establishing
our
culture
and
language
and
pass
it
over
to
our
future
generation.
- Dr.
Vincent
Barla,
New
Delhi |
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The
editorial
of
January
2005
on
the
website
was
very
touching,
dwelling
mainly
on
the
relevance
of
our
cultures
and
its
sustenance.
The
modern
society
of
today
wants
to
take
away
our
ancestral
belongings
from
where
we
originate.
We
are
so
bogged
down
with
the
worldly
life
that
we
tend
to
forget
our
past
history
and
move
forward.
I
am
proud
of
being
born
in
a
Kharia
family
presently
domiciled
in
Kolkata.
In
this
metro
I
really
feel
great
to
see
so
many
adivasi
families
doing
so
well
and
at
the
same
time
keeping
their
cultures
and
tribal
traditions
intact.
Programs
are
chalked
out
not
for
all
the
13
festivals
but
some
of
them
like
Karma,
Nayakhani,
Sarhul,
which
goes
without
saying.
In
my
parish,
we
have
Chotanagpur
Welfare
Fund,
Dafan
Sanskar
Samiti,
etc.
which
cater
to
the
needs
of
our
adivasi
brethren.
Your
article
is
an
eye
opener
for
those
who
feel
ashamed
to
identify
themselves
as
“ADIVASI”
and
even
go
to
the
extent
of
shortening
their
surnames
which
comes
from
our
revered
forefathers.
- Joseph
John
Soreng,
Kolkata |
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