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Dr. Chiranjeeb Kakoty

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Don’t believe the myths

14 July 2021, 14:11 IST

Don’t believe the myths

Don’t believe the myths

Don’t believe the myths

14 July 2021, 14:11 IST

Long-term approach, need of the hour

People who live in Assam’s tea estates present heterogeneity within homogeneity. This, I say because of two different ground realities. Firstly, there is no single tribe which constitutes what we have, in my opinion, erroneously labelled as ‘tea tribe’. This ‘tea tribe’ is a mixture of various tribes of erstwhile Bihar and Odisha and other bordering states. These communities still have their individual culture and identity, though modified. Secondly, there are administrators of the tea estates — the management. The management has its own understanding of things and there cannot be any denying of the fact that their motive is business. And what happens in a tea estate is, simplistically speaking, the result of the interplay between the homogeneity and the heterogeneity. There are other contributory factors which determine this interplay – politics and religion.

09 March 2019, 18:36 IST

Long-term approach, need of the hour

Long-term approach, need of the hour

Long-term approach, need of the hour

09 March 2019, 18:36 IST