Blurred Trajectories of Migration Among Tribes: A Study of the Chenchus of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Since time immemorial, human beings have been migrating in search of resources to make a living or to occupy territories to establish power over the other. All types of human societies underwent the process of migration in one way or the other. But, migration of the members of a hunting gathering community to urbancentres is not a very common phenomenon. An interesting question to explore in this context is; what made a hunting-gathering community to migrate to urban centres? The paper explores historical as well as contemporary migration with the case study of a hunting-gathering community, the Chenchus of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states of India. It examines the causes and consequences of migration and analyses the implications on Indian tribal Communities.