1Assistant Professor, School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies and Project Director, ICSSR Sponsored Research Project on “Human Rights and Tribal Development: A Comparative Study on the Malai Pandaram Tribe of Pathanamthitta and Kollam Districts in Kerala”, Mahatma Gandhi University, P.D. Hills. P.O., Kottayam
2Project Fellow, ICSSR Sponsored Research Project, School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, M.G. University, Kottayam
Online published on 20 June, 2019.
This research article “Human Rights and Tribal Development: A Case Study of Malaipandaram Tribes in Kattathi Tribal Settlement, Pathanamthitta, Kerala” attempted to unravel the repercussion of development projects on the tribals and this study further tries to analyse the entitlement of Malai Pandaram tribes on the light of indigenous right of tribes as prescribed by UN. Argument of the author through this article is that inequality is an endemic feature in Kerala development model. This article is divided into three parts ie, the first part succinctly delineates the indigenous human rights prescribed by the United Nations. The second part of the article goes through the historical appraisal on Malai Pandaram Tribes, settled in Kattathi colony, the final part of this article meticulously analyse the entitlement of Malai Pandaram tribes. Researcher followed multiple methodologies to carry out this study. Data are collected through participant observation, house hold survey and interviews are also carried out for a comprehensive analysis The article wrap up that most of the specific components of indigenous human rights have not properly taken care by the authorities in the development practices. They are rather becoming the victims of the so called development practices.
Human Rights, Indigenous Human Rights, Malaipandaram, Tribe, Tribal Development, Tribes of Kerala
