Tribes: An indispensable stratification in the society

My Article will essentially be dealing with the importance of categorization of tribe in India. There has been confusion with tribe, Caste system and religion. There are instances like tribals are considered as Dalits in the society. Whereas Dalits comes under the caste categorization of Hinduism and the tribals are of an ethnic group. Also, on the other hand there is this confusion based on religion. Tribals who change their believe from their current believe to the other believe are still tribals. There should be no misunderstanding about this because religion and ethnicity are of both very different categorization in the society. The discussion on the importance of tribal community and their identity can be considered as the need of the hour, especially for the tribals in particular and at large the nation. With the advent of the colonization, one can see the impact on the identity of the tribals. Although, one cannot complete discard the positive impact the has been imparted by the colonizers but, there has been some significant adverse effect as well like changing the land ownership policy. This let to impact on the tribal mindset in the society. The tribals considers land as their source of cultural manifestations. The impact on the identity imposed on the tribals by the colonizers are still prevalent even after 75th year of Independence, which we have recently celebrated with great pride and joy. Therefore, it is essential for the tribals to learn about their rights and educated the populous both the tribals as well as their counter-part to respect each other’s uniqueness. As India is known for its diversity of different ethnicities, cultures, races etc. Most importantly, in order to protect and safeguard their identity and their culture, the tribals must also be more involved in legislative process