Deep within Great Nicobar Island forests live the Shompen tribe, classified as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG). Traditionally hunter-gatherers, their lives revolve around forests, rivers, and wildlife, their diet is a range of forest foods, wild animals, and crops such as pandanus, lemon, and colocasia.
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This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Times of India.
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