This volume, Jaintia Hills: A Meghalaya Tribe—its Environment, Land and People is an important study of a tribal population in transition. They are on international border with Bangladesh. A trans-border culture is a two way traffic. Jaintia Hills, a part of the state of Meghalaya, have immense possibility of development. It has growing trans-border trade relations with neighbouring Bangladesh in respect of rich mineral resources, particularly of coal and lime ...