Native Politics, Modernisation and Percolation of Development.

Tribes have proved themselves an intrinsic core district from rest of population in their sociological configuration. In spite of our hardest attempts since independence by bracketing them as scheduled population in our fore-front to be developed at once, we are failing to achieve it inspite of huge expenditure and massive efforts. All avenues of development are blunted by their apathy, alienation and participatory deficiency.

However, each tribe reveals a specific vestigeal rudiment of native politics that has withstood erosions of our imposed Panchayati Raj institutions on them. An easy way of approach is visible to communicate with them, to deliver the goods of development and to look for targets of achievement.

Koraput district, a natural abode of most of tribes in Odisha, has a favourable geography for them. We can visualise, even on the remotest hill-top tribal settlement, a display of native polities which can be turned in favour of their development. Incorporation of tribal folk and stimulation of participation are suitable methods to percolate development.

This small book deals at length of tribes of Koraput and their political participation.