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What is the criticism that Tiplut Nongbri made about tribal institutions? |
Hill tribes are egalitarian and plain tribes are non-egalitarian. They follow the principles of Nyaya Panchayat. Many of them are marked by open intolerance towards women. They are inclusive of older women but not young men. |
Many of them are marked by open intolerance towards women. |
The correct answer is Option (3) → Many of them are marked by open intolerance towards women. "...However, as sociologist Tiplut Nongbri remarks that tribal institutions in themselves need not necessarily be democratic in its structure and functioning. Commenting on the Bhuria Committee Report that went into this issue, Nongbri remarks that while the Committee’s concern for the traditional tribal institutions is appreciable, it fails to take stock of the complexity of the situation. For notwithstanding the strong egalitarian ethos that characterised tribal societies, the element of stratification is not altogether absent. Tribal political institutions are not only marked by open intolerance to women but the process of social change has also introduced sharp distortions in the system, making it difficult to identify which is traditional and which is not (Nongbri 2003: 220). ". |
