Social Exclusion and Quality of Life of Poumai Naga Tribes Migrated to Chennai

Nazii N.G.¹ , Arul Actovin C.² , Hilalulla K.B.³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.22-26, Jan-2021

Online published on Jan 31, 2021

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Abstract :
Migration is as old as human existence. The human tendency to migrate for a better life has been described by many scholars in different ways. The movement of the young minds of India towards the southern part of the country has increased rapidly. An amalgamation of low labour force growth and high economic growth in southern cities has caused an increase in labour demand, which amplified the migration of north Indian people towards south Indian cities for better livelihood opportunities. After 2000, the people from north eastern tribes’ states started moving out of their states. The large-scale migration from northeast India for metropolitan cities in the last two decades makes north easterners social excluded in the so-called mainland of India. The ethnic minorities from north eastern tribes India are racially and culturally distinct from the rest of India. This visible difference in terms of race and cultures separates the northeast migrants from the rest of the Indians. They are judged for their physical appearances and attires and experience high levels of racial discrimination and related violence in various parts of India. The current study analyses the level of Social Exclusion and Quality of Life of Poumai Naga tribes (a separate tribe in Manipur and Nagaland) who have migrated to Chennai. The study population consists of employed who are above 18 years of age and belongs to the Poumai Naga tribe. The respondents were selected purposively from the various parts of Chennai city. The study addresses the discrimination faced by the north-eastern tribes who have migrated to Chennai in terms of basic social rights, inadequate normative integration, inadequate social involvement, and inadequate access to material deprivation. The paper also emphasizes the level of Quality of life concerning the social, psychological, physical, and environmental domains of the respondents.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Tribal migration, Quality of Life, Poumai Naga Tribe, Northeast India, Social Exclusion

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