"loha peet community"- a study accommodating the ethnic consciousness in the contemporary era

Abstract

The following research project was carried out with an aim to study an originally nomadic community, called “loha peet” residing in a cluster near the bus stand of Kalyanpuri. The drill further proceeds by exploring how, despite of facing substantial impact from the urban culture and industrialisation, where they have taken migrated and taken to sedentary way of living, are trying to remain engage with their ethnic consciousness and I will also try to accommodate the variations observed in the responses with the help of two parameters called “integration” and “assimilation”.