Meaning of Happy Life for the Kharwars in India in Their Journey Towards Development

Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI:10.1177/0971333617716838

R. Mishra

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The study examines the notion of happy life and its ingredients in a rural adivasi (first nation people) community experiencing the influences of acculturation and development taking place in the rapidly globalising world. The study was carried out on 200 males of the Kharwar adivasi group residing in 11 villages of the Naugarh Block of Chanduali district in Uttar Pradesh. The participants, aged 30–60 years, were given the happy life test (Sinha, 1969, Indian villages in transition: A motivational analysis. Delhi: Associated Publishing House) with slight modification in the questions. Content analysis of responses brought out five major elements of happy life, namely economy, relationships, health, meaningful engagements and money. Cluster analysis revealed that only economy, relationships and health were reliable elements of happy life, while the other two elements were outliers. As compared to the happy Kharwars, the less happy Kharwars suggested more number of items as ingredients of happy life. The findings suggest that the ingredients of happy life are culture specific and not universal. It is suggested that, even in the face of a development model, which underscores material possessions, the life of people in traditional societies, such as of the Kharwar, is driven largely by need rather than by greed.

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印度哈尔瓦人发展历程中幸福生活的意义

这项研究考察了阿迪瓦西（第一民族）农村社区幸福生活的概念及其成分，该社区正经历着快速全球化世界中文化适应和发展的影响。这项研究是对居住在北方邦Chanduali区Naugarh区块11个村庄的200名Kharwar adivasi群体男性进行的。参与者年龄在30-60岁之间，接受了幸福生活测试（Sinha，1969，《转型中的印度村庄：动机分析》，德里：美联社），对问题进行了轻微修改。对回答的内容分析得出了幸福生活的五大要素，即经济、人际关系、健康、有意义的约会和金钱。聚类分析显示，只有经济、人际关系和健康是幸福生活的可靠因素，而其他两个因素则是异常值。与快乐的哈尔瓦人相比，不太快乐的哈尔瓦尔人认为更多的物品是幸福生活的组成部分。研究结果表明，幸福生活的成分是特定于文化的，而不是普遍的。有人认为，即使面对强调物质财富的发展模式，哈尔瓦等传统社会中人们的生活在很大程度上也是由需求而非贪婪驱动的。

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