!JARAWAS JARAWAS are a tribe of India. This community lives in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A member of this community is called a jarawa. Jarawas are endangered people and are struggling for their survival with diminishing population in three digits. However, according to the Andaman & Nicobar Administration, they are now friendly and voluntary seek medical assistance. They do not have good canoes but can make rafts which they build to cross the streams. The year 1974 was a land mark in the history of Jarawas. Dropping of gifts was done in February and March 1974. After establishing this friendly mission with the Jarawas, the contact party of the Administration quite often met the Jarawas and gave them gift items like banana, coconut and other fruits. Till the beginning of 1998, they remained hostile, but now they are coming out of the jungle quite often and are becoming friendlier, say officials of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration. For nearly a year there is no incidence of killing of villagers by the Jarawas. On the other hand, the Jarawas are coming out from their habitat to mix with the local people. It may be mentioned here that after giving them gift items like bananas, coconuts, etc, they are being sent out to live in their own natural habitat, with view not to force them to have a taste of the civilized world of today. Isolated so long, the Jarawas otherwise appear to be healthy, with smooth skin, deep curly hair, long and sturdy hands and legs and sturdy bones. They are physically fit for hunting, fishing etc. The best thing about Jarawa people is that they are not welfare dependent people. As nomadic tribes subsisting on hunting, fishing and gathering activities, their traditional food articles consist of boar (wild boar), turtles and their eggs, crabs and other shore animals, wild pigs, fruits, honey etc.