TY - BOOK AU - Lazar, G TI - Tribes of Contemporary India: Concepts and Contexts SN - 9789381981146 U1 - R10.1 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Omsons Publications N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Understanding the concept of tribe ...1 2. Evolution of tribes as a community in India ...13 3. Tribes in modern india ...41 4. Role of women among nomadic and denotified tribes :Issues and challenges ...53 5. Israel as a tribe and a chosen race : Cultural and scriptural perspectives ...87 6. Tribal development in Assam : People`s participation ,NGOs amd the government ...111 7. Status of tribal languages in India ...143 8. Modern education and its impact on Indian tribes ...149 9. The malayalis of the Pachaimalais : Sketching the changes and continuity over the last 40 years ...259 10. The Narikoravas : Religious practices and economic status ...179 11. Tribal `self` and the `other` : Imaging identities of Nilgiri tribes ...197 12. Impact of mass media on the culture and tradition of irula tribe in Tamil Nadu, India ...219 13. Key issues of Adivasis and state response in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States india ...233 14. Tradition and changes in the Materilineal family system among the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya An overview ...241 15. Embodied practices as spirtual paths in ...261 16. Without dignity, Identity is erased: Indian tribes `Elusive tryst with destiny ...277 ER -