| Summary: | Articles in this book explore the development history of the tribal communities in Kerala, beginning from Sangham period and even earlier. The conditions under which the tribal communities lived in the forest, in harmony with the nature and the subsequent changes in their life as brought out by the introduction of forest Rights Act have been explained in the initial articles. The policy of opening up forest for migration by the land hungry people from the plains brought about disaster in their living conditions.
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