We call it progress, or development, because it replaces the old with the new. But for the communities who are backward and live in difficult land, development implies their eventual extinction. Among the surviving 13 tribes, the Lushai is one of the earliest tribes to settle and now live in Sajek. Before recent developments, the innocent Lushai tribes of Sajek were not familiar with inventions such as the padlock key, or the concept of closing doors to strangers. Regulatory measures are not only necessary in order to help preserve tribes like the Lushai in Sajek, but to also prevent the dominant “other” from gobbling them up.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 23, 2017 18:33 UTC