Reflections on Adivasi Autonomy

In this lecture Professor Nandini Sundar explains the history behind the fifth schedule to the constitution which provides for the right of self governance to adivasis across the country.

‘Reimagining India’ hopes to start a conversation to explore the contours of a society that is more just, equal and aligned to the Constitutional values of liberty and fraternity. How did autonomy to Adivasi communities become a part of our constitutional framework? In this lecture Professor Nandini Sundar explains the history behind the fifth schedule to the constitution which provides for the right of self governance to adivasis across the country.