The present book is collection of papers presented in a seminar on ‘Ethnic relations among the people of North-East India’ organized by Centre for Manipur Studies, Manipur University. The papers provide different aspect of ethnic relation in Manipur as it is a polyglot land inhabited by numerous ethnic communities. The book reveals that underneath the outward ethnic diversity, there are elements of affinity. The indigenous Meiteis, the Nagas and Kuki Chin are all Tibeto Burman racially arid linguistically. The volume also discusses ethnic relations with its social, cultural, economic, political and historical experience; and their ramifications in identity formations, ethnic conflicts and territorial assertions.
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