A Village of Mad Man: (An Ethnographic Account of Village Zandra in Balochistan)

This paper focuses upon the ethnographic findings of the Village Zandra, District Ziarat in the province of Balochistan. This paper begins with historical and geographical details of the area at macro level and then moves to the micro level means from the province to the village. At village level geographical and climatic conditions, demographic information which includes population, ethnicity in historical perspective, land and economic resources of the village, settlement patterns, religion, languages, dress patterns and food habits have been taken into the account. The intensity of developmental works has increased many folds during the last 3 decades. These developmental activities and the changes in the village over the time have also been discussed in light of world system theory. The data presented in this paper has been collected by using qualitative anthropological research techniques.