Reasserting Ecological Ethics-Bhils Struggles in Alirajpur

As modern development threatens to displace tribal populations from their last fastness in the hills and forests, they have begun all over the world to fight for survival using modern means and methods. This synthesis of the traditional and the modern holds promise of survival not only for them but for humanity as a whole. The historical experience of the bhil tribals of Alirajpur in Madhya Pradesh and their organised resurgence in recent times may have pointers for the evaluation of a modern theory and practice of ecological ethics.