Question

What accounts for the anger as a tribal against to indian?

Answer 1

The tribals considered the British, moneylenders and traders as ‘dikus’ which means outsiders. They believed that the ‘dikus’ were responsible for their miseries. The traders and the moneylenders came into the forests to buy forest produce and to offer cash loans to the tribals. They gave loans to the tribals at very high rates of interests and made huge profits. The tribals once caught into the debt trap were never able to get out of it.

The traders purchased forest produce from the tribals at very low rates and sold them in the markets at very high rates earning huge profits. Thus, the latter considered them as their main enemies who had inflicted untold miseries upon them.

The British were also looked down by the tribals as evil force who by passing various Forest Acts were destroying their sources of livelihood. They were also forcing them to practice settled cultivation. According to the tribals, they had eroded the power and the authority of their chiefs by demanding tributes. Thus, there was anger amongst the tribals against the ‘dikus’.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. they were dependent on money lender and traders
2. traders came around with things for sale and sold the good at high price
3. the interest changed the lones was very high