Revisiting Hill-Valley Connections in Northeast India
Editor : Aswini K Mohapatra, Surender S Ghonkrokta, Aashish V Bhave & Deepika Singh
Publisher: Macmillan Education
Publication Year : 2021
Price : 2200
About the Book
Northeast India is a vibrant region in all aspects of its manifestation — social, cultural, political and topographical. If this has not been appreciated in many parts of India, it is due to the cultural disconnect created by the British colonial narratives, much of which has been uncritically appropriated by the so-called mainstream Indian scholars since independence. The present volume, consisting of contributions from scholars with considerable research experience and expertise on the region, offers an alternative narrative in sync with the idea of Bharat as a coherent geo-cultural entity.
About the Editors
Aswini K Mohapatra is the Dean, School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi and a member of the Society of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata. He is also associated with the Centre for North East Studies (CNES), New Delhi since its inception, and retired LAS Officer of AGMUT Cadre.
Surender S Ghonkrokta is a qualified Food Technologist from CFTRI, Mysore He is the Founder for North East Studies (CNES), New Delhi, President, Centre to strengthen research and develop an academic institution, working on Northeast India. He policy alternatives through focused studies is presently heading State Food Commission, Himachal Pradesh as Chairman and Adjunct Professor, Food Science and Technology, Central University, Pondicherry.
Aashish V Bhave is the Secretary of the Centre for North East Studies (CNES). He has completed his Ph.D from Bharati Vidyapeeth and presently, a Post- Doctoral Fellow at JNU, New Delhi. He has been working on the issues of Northeast India for the last 18 years. Deepika Singh is teaching political 2009. She IS science at the University of Delhi since also involved in research activities at the Centre for North East Studies, New Delhi.
Deepika Singh is teaching political science at the University of Delhi since 2009. She is also involved in research activities at the Centre of North East Studies, New Delhi.
| Contents | |
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| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| 1. | A Glimpse of Hill-Valley Relationship in Manipur Shukhdeba Sharma Hanjabam |
| 2. | Hill-Valley Manipur: Unearthing the Symbiotic Ties H Sudhir and Jubita Hajarimayum |
| 3. | Understanding the Hill-Valley Connection of the Zeme Naga through Their Festivals Anup Kumar Dey |
| 4. | Inscribing Colonial Order within the Hills: Representing the Nagas and Kukis Ningmuanching |
| 5. | The Discourse of India, the Northeast: Ethnographical Misrepresentation, Migration Paradox and Folk Literature Ramesh Sharma |
| 6. | Emergence of a Distinct Region and Identity in Northeast India under the British Imperial Rule Ram Sarik Gupta |
| 7. | Quit India Movement in Assam: Evaluating Women’s Role as Agents of Socio-Political Awakening and National Integration Anita Sharma |
| 8. | Northeast India and Meghalaya’s Contribution to India’s Freedom Struggle Rikil Chyrmang and Soemi Kyndiah |
| 9. | The Philosophy of Sankaradeva: Continuation of Bhāgavata Tradition in the Northeast Adarasupally Nataraju |
| 10. | Religious Belief System of Northeast India Phirmi Bodo |
| 11. | Beliefs and Philosophy of Nyishi of Northeast India Nabam Nakha Hina |
| 12. | Philosophy and Belief System of the Noctes of Arunachal Pradesh Watsen Bangsia |
| 13. | Ethnomedicinal Practices Among the Karbis of Bhogpur Village, Kamrup, Assam Papiya Bose |
| 14. | The Singphos – Their Society, Village, Family and Housing Pattern Ashwini Machey |
| 15. | Emerging Cohesiveness Among the Tea Garden Labourers of Assam Molankal Gangabhushan M |
| 16. | The Issue of Bru/Reang Migration in Northeast India Deepika Singh and Aashish V Bhave |
| Notes on Contributors | |
