Basket of Resilience: Modernization’s Impact on the Health of the Tea Tribes

Abstract

In the relentless march towards modernity societies undergoes transformative process both in the external dynamics and in individual lives. The tea tribes bear testimony to this enduring evolution and have encountered tremendous transformation in their socioeconomic status, living conditions and decision making processes. In this research we intently gape to the Borjuli tea estate in Sonitpur district to exhibit the impact of modernization on health of the tea tribes. Our analysis is substantiated with some selected health related parameters serving as the markers of the complex interplay between modernization and the wellbeing of the tea estate residents.