Tribal Panorama of North East India

The rainbow land of seven sister states of north eastern region of India is the homeland of large number of tribes, who lives in diverse habitat; speaks a variety of languages; have different socio-cultural heritage; and show distinction in physical features. There exists an information gap on the tribes of north eastern India, and whatever information exists on them is scanty or needs to be updated., , This concise compilation contains a collection of fifteen thought-provoking scholarly contributions by eminent anthropologists and other social scientists and offer discrete metaphors of the economy, polity, social organization, demographic features, time-honoured institutions, bio-anthropological perspectives and several other aspects of the tribes of north eastern India, including Sikkim., , The articles included in the treatise seek to break new ground in showing the colourful life-style of the tribal people of the region. The book will be of extremely stimulus and useful to anthropologists besides other social scientists; planners, policy makers and indeed anyone with a concern about the tribal people of north eastern India.

Dettagli