The Challenges of Self Managed Development

Development of primitive tribes has been one of the major goals of the government right from the beginning of the first plan period But this has failed time and again because of certain technical and administrative lacunae and also because of the fact that the primitive tribes are intrinsically attached to their homeland in various ways and are not in a position to risk that for uncertain development In 1950 the famous anthropologist Verrier Elwin had brought out an epoch-making book The Bondo Highlander The Bondo or the Bonda as they are known in Orissa are feared due to their pronenoss to violence at the slightest provocation whether among themselves or in relation to outsiders Hence development efforts have been halting and fraught with violence in their Hills Taking the previous natural or cultural hindrances for their development into consideration an attempt has been made in this study to show as to how the so-called fierce and home-loving primitive Hill Bonda could be rehabilitated within their hill abode without being brought to the plains 300 pp.…