Verrier Elwin’s philosophy with respect to Arunachal Pradesh (Answer in 150 words)

- Verrier Elwin’s philosophy with respect to Arunachal Pradesh (Answer in 150 words)
Introduction
Elwin's mature position, in A Philosophy for NEFA (1957) with a foreword by Nehru, was neither isolation nor assimilation but development on the tribes' own terms.

Body
1. The principles: the five he drew up with Nehru — develop along the lines of their own genius, respect tribal rights in land and forest, administer through their own people, avoid over-administration, and judge results by human character rather than by statistics. He had by then abandoned his own national park proposal for the Baiga.
2. The application: as Adviser for Tribal Affairs to NEFA from 1954 he shaped the Indian Frontier Administrative Service, insisting on officers trained in anthropology and fluent in local languages; schooling in the mother tongue; crafts, dance and the morung encouraged; and village councils as the base of administration.
3. The criticism: Ghurye called it isolationist and read tribes as backward Hindus; critics have called NEFA a human zoo and blamed the policy for slow educational and economic development.

Conclusion
The charge of romanticism has force, but Arunachal's languages, land rights and relative freedom from insurgency defend the approach.