Cultural Identity of Indigenous People Viz A Viz Absolute Development in India: A Legal Analysis

Cultures have been a medium of representing human existence across diversified communities or societies. Every human being survives within a distinct community of people who shares common attributes either geographically or any other reason that makes such communities different from others. Such attributes give rise to a culture, maintaining and preserving of which shall be the right of each individual human being. Further, such cultural practices are also a medium through which human beings adjusted with the nature and survived till the present era for which they are important for human as well as social development. Therefore, protection of the right to maintain and preserve one’s culture has been recognized by the jurisprudence of civilized nations and also by the international fraternity at large. This paper will make an attempt to study the status of legal recognition provided to the cultural rights of the indigenous people in India