Resisting Cultural Genocide

This paper examines tribal unrest in central India. The paper 
has a limitation as it depends on the studies of other tribal scholars
to present the Adivasi predicament rather than on my own
ethnographic study.  The author pleads that Indian society ought
to adopt radical ecological democracy that nurtures tribal values.
Renunciation is the key. Greed is identified as the source of the 
problem of ecology, and adopting a simple life-style is the way to 
suppress greed. Living in harmony with the nature and keeping
their needs to the minimum, the Adivasi communities proclaim the
message that the earth resource should not be used indiscriminately
to satisfy human avarice. They register a powerful protest against a
wasteful lifestyle devoid of any sense of responsibility to the world
of nature. Tribal resistance in central states of India is for radical
ecological democracy which is an alternative path to inclusive and
sustainable development.