Bhubaneswar Sabar
Biographic Data
| ID | 117400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bhubaneswar Sabar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bhubaneswar |
| FAMILY NAME | Sabar |
| SIGNATURE | SABAR B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9332-110X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Coping with Household Food Insecurity
This article analyses the gaps in food security among the Kharia and Kolha tribes living in Kusumi block of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, and how these groups cope with food vulnerability at their household level based on a primary survey in six villages in 2024. Lack of constant income, absence or limited cultivable land, assets and unskilled human resources are some of the factors that perpetuate their food vulnerability. The efforts of…
A Tribe in Transition
This article narrates the ways the Chuktia Bhunjia, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Odisha, is changing their socio-economic and cultural practices and analyses those changes in a broader discourse of tribal question. It presents the factors influencing the changes taking place in this numerically small and isolated tribe. The data collected through the ethnographic method demonstrate that the Chuktia Bhunjia tribe is no longer a static…
Encountering Illness
This paper documents local knowledge-based healthcare practices of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India, and attempts to ascertain the socio-cultural rationale explaining its persistence against escalating modern healthcare facilities. Focusing on the coexistence of culture, ecology and healthcare, it describes the associated beliefs, rituals, institutions and practices concerning the healthcare. Data, collected using formal interview, observat…
Intersecting Knowledge With Landscape
This paper documents the traditional agricultural practices of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India, and attempts to comprehend as to how they negotiate with their ecosystem in order to ensure sustainable agricultural production and livelihood. Data, collected using interview and observation, reveal that agricultural practices of the Chuktia Bhunjia are revolved around local ecology, beliefs, rituals and knowledge. The knowledge-based intercrop…
Culture, Gender and Inequality
This ethnographic paper explores gender inequality in tribal societies vis-à-vis customary practices and challenges the notion of egalitarianism of tribal society by taking Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India as an analytical category. In the light of a discussion on women specific taboos and restrictions, captured through formal interview, narrative and lived experience approach, the paper explicates the deeply embedded nature of the taboos i…
Religious Beliefs and Practices among Chuktia Bhunjia Tribe of Odisha
Hunger Amidst Plenty
This paper illustrates how politics on resource entitlement have historically shaped the vulnerable condition of people in Nuapada district (formerly Nawapara sub-division of Kalahandi district) of Orissa, India. It finds that the underutilisation of existing resources in the district, backed by loopholes in district administration, has widened the vulnerability conditions of local people. The collapse of the state command economy during post-eco…
Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies
This paper explores the food insecurity level and coping strategies of two particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in India. It finds that despite the availability of resources, limited income always becomes a proxy for their food vulnerability because they cannot purchase food items outside state programmes. These groups traditionally adopt various coping strategies to overcome food insecurity at household level and these have become a str…
Bringing Culture Back
This article deals with how Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Orissa negotiates with their ecosystem to ensure that agricultural production and livelihood are sustainable. This study shows that the reasons behind continuation of traditional agriculture are the life experience with the traditional methods and cultural acceptance that not only make them economical but help in managing the ecosystem and natural resources management, and in procuring good pro…
Education as Culture Mapping
This article deals with issues relating to education of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Orissa, highlighting the major factors determining girls’ education in this society. While looking at the low literacy of the girl child, factors like material culture, life cycle rituals and customary cultural norms are found largely responsible for high drop out from school. However, poverty, school timings and need of girl children in household chores are other ca…
Culture, Gender and Inequality
This ethnographic paper explores gender inequality in tribal societies vis-à-vis customary practices and challenges the notion of egalitarianism of tribal society by taking Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India as an analytical category. In the light of a discussion on women specific taboos and restrictions, captured through formal interview, narrative and lived experience approach, the paper explicates the deeply embedded nature of the taboos i…
Intersecting Knowledge With Landscape
This paper documents the traditional agricultural practices of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India, and attempts to comprehend as to how they negotiate with their ecosystem in order to ensure sustainable agricultural production and livelihood. Data, collected using interview and observation, reveal that agricultural practices of the Chuktia Bhunjia are revolved around local ecology, beliefs, rituals and knowledge. The knowledge-based intercrop…
Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies
This paper explores the food insecurity level and coping strategies of two particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in India. It finds that despite the availability of resources, limited income always becomes a proxy for their food vulnerability because they cannot purchase food items outside state programmes. These groups traditionally adopt various coping strategies to overcome food insecurity at household level and these have become a str…
Education as Culture Mapping
This article deals with issues relating to education of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Orissa, highlighting the major factors determining girls’ education in this society. While looking at the low literacy of the girl child, factors like material culture, life cycle rituals and customary cultural norms are found largely responsible for high drop out from school. However, poverty, school timings and need of girl children in household chores are other ca…
Education as Culture Mapping
This article deals with issues relating to education of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Orissa, highlighting the major factors determining girls’ education in this society. While looking at the low literacy of the girl child, factors like material culture, life cycle rituals and customary cultural norms are found largely responsible for high drop out from school. However, poverty, school timings and need of girl children in household chores are other ca…
Bringing Culture Back
This article deals with how Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Orissa negotiates with their ecosystem to ensure that agricultural production and livelihood are sustainable. This study shows that the reasons behind continuation of traditional agriculture are the life experience with the traditional methods and cultural acceptance that not only make them economical but help in managing the ecosystem and natural resources management, and in procuring good pro…
Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies
This paper explores the food insecurity level and coping strategies of two particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in India. It finds that despite the availability of resources, limited income always becomes a proxy for their food vulnerability because they cannot purchase food items outside state programmes. These groups traditionally adopt various coping strategies to overcome food insecurity at household level and these have become a str…
Religious Beliefs and Practices among Chuktia Bhunjia Tribe of Odisha
Hunger Amidst Plenty
This paper illustrates how politics on resource entitlement have historically shaped the vulnerable condition of people in Nuapada district (formerly Nawapara sub-division of Kalahandi district) of Orissa, India. It finds that the underutilisation of existing resources in the district, backed by loopholes in district administration, has widened the vulnerability conditions of local people. The collapse of the state command economy during post-eco…
Intersecting Knowledge With Landscape
This paper documents the traditional agricultural practices of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India, and attempts to comprehend as to how they negotiate with their ecosystem in order to ensure sustainable agricultural production and livelihood. Data, collected using interview and observation, reveal that agricultural practices of the Chuktia Bhunjia are revolved around local ecology, beliefs, rituals and knowledge. The knowledge-based intercrop…
Culture, Gender and Inequality
This ethnographic paper explores gender inequality in tribal societies vis-à-vis customary practices and challenges the notion of egalitarianism of tribal society by taking Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India as an analytical category. In the light of a discussion on women specific taboos and restrictions, captured through formal interview, narrative and lived experience approach, the paper explicates the deeply embedded nature of the taboos i…
Encountering Illness
This paper documents local knowledge-based healthcare practices of Chuktia Bhunjia tribe of Odisha, India, and attempts to ascertain the socio-cultural rationale explaining its persistence against escalating modern healthcare facilities. Focusing on the coexistence of culture, ecology and healthcare, it describes the associated beliefs, rituals, institutions and practices concerning the healthcare. Data, collected using formal interview, observat…
A Tribe in Transition
This article narrates the ways the Chuktia Bhunjia, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Odisha, is changing their socio-economic and cultural practices and analyses those changes in a broader discourse of tribal question. It presents the factors influencing the changes taking place in this numerically small and isolated tribe. The data collected through the ethnographic method demonstrate that the Chuktia Bhunjia tribe is no longer a static…
Coping with Household Food Insecurity
This article analyses the gaps in food security among the Kharia and Kolha tribes living in Kusumi block of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, and how these groups cope with food vulnerability at their household level based on a primary survey in six villages in 2024. Lack of constant income, absence or limited cultivable land, assets and unskilled human resources are some of the factors that perpetuate their food vulnerability. The efforts of…
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