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Anthropology for North-East India : A Reader is a compendium comprising twenty-one pre-published papers on different aspects of the society and culture of North-East India. The papers have been carefully chosen and they cover ethnicity, regionalism, tribal movement, economy and economic organisation and some interesting social systems in this part of the country. The book is intended for wide range of readers including students and research scholars.
The Anthropological Survey of India launched the People of India project on 2nd October 1985 to generate an anthropological profile of all communities of India, the impact on them of change and the development process, and the links that bring them together. Meghalaya, the beautiful ‘abode of the clouds’, and the various aspects of its culture and society, including the unique institution of matriliny, has long fascinated administrators, travellers, ...