The present paper is aimed at understanidng the land grab movement that took place from the post-colonial period to the contemporary period in India and the neighbouring countries. To what extent land grabbing for increasing industrial projects has taken place in India in comparison to other South Asian economies, what is the extent of these movements in these coutries, to what extent these movements have impacted on the livelihood strategies of the tribal communities in India and other neighbouring countries and what can be the future of such land grabbing expeditions in the South Asian economies and on the Tribal communities in contemporray period is an important sociological issues that needs to be taken up. The present paper will deal with a historical evaluation of such movements and what ways these movements have had an impact over the tribal lives. Worldwide the Indegenous communties have faced vulnerable situation due to the threat posed by globalisation and modern indutrial and technological innovations. In order to bring the tribal communities to the mainstream economy, often their identity has been impacted and have been disrupted. Different indegenous communities like the Pashtuns of Pakistan; Garos, Khasis and Andamanese in India and others from the South Asian economies are facing the challenge of coping up with technological advancements. To what extent the tribal communities are progressing and to what extent they are hindered from moving up the ladder of socio-economic mobility is a point of sociological and anthropological analysis and assessment. I am keen to look at this aspect with the help of socio-historica records and with the help of various case studies gathered from the South Asian economies. In what ways the government is helping the indegenous communities with its projects and policies to the indegenous communities in order to cope up.
