India's tribal population is spread dew-thin across its length and breadth and its islands in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Seeing tribal India today the Nigerian novelist could well have said, "When a tribal hears the order 'Dance', dance deserts her." 'Tribal India'? India's tribes are as ancient as the 'dancing girl' of Mohenjodaro, who is at once 12 and 5,000 years old. The sex ratio of tribal India is 990 females to 1000 males, against the all-India figure of 940 to 1000.

Source: The Telegraph July 02, 2016 15:37 UTC