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India perhaps the only country which has maximum contribution in textile to the world right from the era of Indus valley civilisation till today. Even today Indias handlooms and spinning wheel contributes largest variation of designs. India gives the finest textile like muslim brightest textile like silk cheapest textile like jute and strongest textile like ramie. It continued to flourish inspite of onslaughlat of British Government legally by enacting the ...
Manipur, the land of gems is an unique land of wonderful people. The people of Manipur are known for matchless beauty and matchless skilled. They are known to produce crafts unique in their own way, some are known while some are unknown. The crafts grow with patronage of the Kings and nobles but set backs during Burmese invasion and after independence when patronage was withdrawn. The book covers all types of crafts for which the land is known giving detailed ...
Brahmins are considered as a caste of highest order in accordance to Hindu Chaturbarna system. Though it is normally believed that the Brahmin is a single community, it is not actually so. Besides geographical and linguistic divisions this community is divided and sub-divided into a number of fractions. This aspect is discussed in the book besides mythological stories connected with the origin of this supreme caste. Though considered as supreme caste, the women ...
"The book deals with women of Manipur belonging to various groups and subgroups, their job and sorrow, impact of various races on them, their contribution to the society at large and action and plan to develop them from various angle, social, economic and political. The book, it is expected shall be useful for planners, social scientists, tourists and various scholare who have interest on Manipur and women development."