What is the criticism that Tiplut Nongbri made about tribal institutions?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Many of them are marked by open intolerance towards women.
Option (3) Many of them are marked by open intolerance towards women. — Correct. Commenting on the Bhuria Committee Report, Tiplut Nongbri remarks that tribal institutions need not be democratic in structure and functioning. Tribal political institutions are marked by open intolerance to women, and social change has also distorted them, so it is hard to tell what is traditional.
NCERT (2025-26): “Panchayati Raj in Tribal Areas … 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).…” |