nice tour to tribal areas?

greenchutney

chattisgarh also has a huge naxalite problem. what would you say smartguy?..do they 'attack' tourists or agencies?..or these caught in the crossfire?

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during the tsunami was it..that a tribe in andamans attacked a rescue party..since they didnt want anything or any help...they must have been affected i am sure..oh well!..

i think native communities, tribals are under tremendous strain everywhere..in amazon, in africa, native alaskans, amish? ~ what is a 'benefit' we are talking about?..do they require money...as in hard currency really? os their barter system good within for their survival..? do they require reserves/preserves that let them continue their way of life, and their terms of engagement with the outside communities/ modern world? is that sustainable? i dont know....it depresses me when i go to some of the native american lands, casino's, drugs what not, they seem in turmoil!

aadil

Infact it was the opposite in the Andamans where some of the tribals got some kind of warning and went up the hills on their own before the tragedy struck the island and they were pretty safe up there, just goes to show that modern man has lost his ways with nature and with modern technology is not even able to predict the tsunami accurately enough to be safe from it whereas these tribals were the first to go to safer places just like most of the other animals which have a extra sensory perception I guess. Sometimes it is better to be acquainted with nature than with modern technology!!!

Aadil.

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....GC, I think some people were lost in a boat, ended up on the shore and were killed. The point I started reading the story was the police saying it wasn't safe to rescue the bodies as anyone going to that island would be killed.

In fact, it allowed them to correct the missaprehension that these people were canibals, as they observed that the bodies had not been taken away and eaten! maybe they were the wrong flavour...

That's all I remember of that news story.

I recall another news story in UK's The Guardian about a previously undiscovered tribe (I forget where in the world) that was believed to have lived, until then, in complete isolation. At least that's what the article said: the photo showed men wearing wrist watches and jeans!

It is tough, the identity crisis forced on individuals when one culture imposes on another. I think, in a "perfect world" that everybody would be left alone to live their chosen lifestyle. In our real world I guess that is not going to happen.

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greenchutney

Tribe shoots arrows at aid flight

By Jonathan Charles
BBC News, Andaman Islands

this was the article i mentioned..in the sentinal islands part of the chain i guess

aadil, while i agree with what you are saying..i was saying from the perspective that the severity of the tsunami prolly killed some of these tribals too....

aadil

I think it is the Jarawa tribe that is most dangerous in the Andamans and they usually shoot poisoned arrows at airplanes that come down too low to take pictures of them so I guess it is not a good thing to try to mix with them or try to help them with human contact as they look upon all other strangers as enemies or danger and hence are apprehensive about meeting them!!! It is best to leave such tribes alone without contact as they would otherwise be spoilt with the modern things which they have stayed without for so many generations and successfully survived too. No such tinkering should be allowed to try and bring them towards our so called progressive lifestyle.

Cheers,
Aadil.

aadil

Well, not all of them may have survived but there were not too many casualties among them compared to all the others staying on the islands at the time of the tsunami.

Aadil.