ile” tribes the islands. “I had to give a written undertaking saying that I knew about the risks involved and would not claim compensation from the government for any injury or loss of life,” Chattopadhyay recalls. “My parents also had to give a similar written undertaking.”
人类学家 Madhumala Chattopadhyay 是这个椰子团队唯一的女性。她从小就想研究安达曼群岛和尼可巴群岛的部落，并且是一名成年人的人类学家。通过六年的研究，她最终发表了20篇关于这一研究主题的论文，并编著《部落里的尼科巴汽车》一书。1991年1月，作为ANSI调研组的博士，Chattopadhyay第一次有机会加入去北哨岗岛的团队中来。但是有一个问题：妇女是不被包括去交流团队中 与“敌对”的岛屿部落进行接触的。“我必须作出书面承诺，表示我知道这一切所涉及的风险，不会就任何伤害向政府要求赔偿。即使是生命损失。”Chattopadhyay回忆说。“我的父母也必须作出相似的书面承诺。”
无论是男人还是女人都应该学识渊博，作为一名博士更应该知识丰富，并多多分享自己的知识，也就是精神财富。这是充满了努力和正能量的一种作为。无论男人还是女人都应该勇敢奉献，这是人类最高贵无私的可贵精神和品质。
men and women should be both knowledgeable, to be a doctor should be full of knowledge, and share more their knowledge, that is spirit wealth.that is an an action full of effort and good wish energy. men and women should both be brave, that is the noblest and most selfless BEAUTIFUL spirit and quality just for human.
Permissions granted, Chattopadhyay went on to become the first female anthropologist to make contact with the Sentinelese. Twenty-seven years later, she recalls her first-hand encounters in an interview with National Geographic.
获得许可后，Chattopadhyay成为第一位与哨岗岛接触的女性人类学家。27年后，她回忆起她在《国家地理》采访中的第一次经历。
成功对任何一个人都是很重要的，因为他给我们带来快乐和成就感，成功就是一个人达成了一件事情，并且有功绩。
Success is very important to everyone because it brings us happiness and accomplishment. Success is the achievement and contribution of one person.so we have already been happy.
Floating Coconuts
漂浮的椰子们
“We were all a bit apprehensive [during the January 1991 expedition] because a few months earlier the team sent by the administration had encountered the usual hostility,” says Chattopadhyay. Her group approached the island in a small boat, steering the vessel along an empty beach toward a spire of smoke. A few Sentinelese men, four of them armed with bows and arrows, walked ou