Talking about the tribals: Another mainstream narrative gets it wrong | The Indian Express

Talking about the tribals: Another mainstream narrative gets it wrong | The Indian Express

Written by Daribha Lyndem |Updated: September 18, 2019 4:53:59 pm

Talking about the tribals: Another mainstream narrative gets it wrong

Meet the tribal: he is mythicised, he is simple, he is blissful and he is ignorant. The ways of this “savage” are beyond our ken.

Konyak is one of the 16 Naga tribes and people of this community live mainly in the Mon district of Nagaland. (File/PTI Photo)

A couple of weeks ago, a National Geographic Traveller India video on the Konyak tribe of Nagaland was doing the rounds on social media. “Our own Africa in India” a viewer commented. To which the host replied, “Totally”.