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An absorbing account of the Mizos the present book seeks to unfold the leadership and authority structure of those people in India’s northeast. Various influences and pressures both from with and without have shaped the Mizo socio-economic and cultural spectrum. The Mizos have now lived down their turbulent past and gradually matured by the vicissitudes of history. They are veritable part of the Indian mainstream. It is a fascinating saga from 1898, the year of ...
The emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation in 1971 is an important landmark in south Asia. Known as the largest delta in the world and endowed with natural resources and lush alluvial plains the country has faced many challenges and passed through several trials and tribulations in nation building. Scholars like andrain and Apter have observed a phenomenon called Cultural Politics with a memory, historical dreams, several nightmares and grievances at its ...
The Seven Sisters of the North East are a fascinating bouquet of rich cultural entities with unique landscapes and a diverse mix of people. This book takes the reader through the history, language, dance, music, customs, traditions and the pulsating life in the seven states viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. The northeastern region with an area of 254956 square kilometers, a least the major part of it, was formed ...