This volume inspects how India's Northeast has been understood in colonial and post-colonial contexts through the contributions from research scholars and faculties from different academic spaces. These contributions present a cross-dimensional gaze on social, political, economic as well as space-relation in India's Northeast.
This volume inspects how India's Northeast has been understood in colonial and post-colonial contexts through the contributions from research scholars and faculties from different academic spaces. These contributions present a cross-dimensional gaze on social, political, economic as well as space-relation in India's Northeast.
Charisma K. Lepcha teaches anthropology at Sikkim University, India. She was a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla (2018-2019). She has been awarded with the Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar for the 2021-2022 academic year. Uttam Lal is Faculty at Department of Geography, Sikkim University. He led the Sikkim University team in the Inter-University Consortium on Cryosphere and Climate Change (IUCCCC) and was recipient of 'Emerging Scholar-2014' at India-China Institute, New School, New York. He was Erasmus+ Mobility programme Guest Fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark, 2018.
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Introduction: Northeast India: History of the Present and Predicament of the Future Part I: Framing the Northeast 1. A Tale of Many Brahmaputras: Borderlands, Waterscapes and Geographies in Colonial Northeast India 2. Colonial Construction of the 'Lazy Native' and Formation of Assam's Tea Industry 3. Analysing the Contours of India's 'New' Regional Diplomacy: The Importance of Northeast Part II: Being a Northeasterner 4. Dressing My Culture: The Mekhela-Chador, Women's Agency and Patriarchy in Assam 5. Dabbling with Kaleidoscopic Narratives: A Pre-requisite for Comprehending the 'Forgotten' History of the Róngkups/ Lepchas 6. Mob Justice: An Integral Form of Cultural Construct 7. Social Exclusion of Char Inhabitants in Assam: Understanding the Interplay of Culture, Identity and Geography Part III: Institutions, Resources and Sustainability 8. Marriage Rituals and Customs in Mizo Society 9. The Shift of Authority: From Village Authority to Colonial Court 10. Reframing Tribal Governance in Tripura: TTAADC to the Village 11. The Socio-Cultural Underpinnings of Democracy in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya: Reframing the Past to Understand the Present 12. Conservation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Sustainability in Northeast India 13. A Journey from Sohliya to Strawberries: Experiences of Cash Crops, Forest and Food Security in Meghalaya, Northeast India Part IV: Cross-Border Interaction and Migration 14. India-Bhutan Borderland: Selected Cases of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam Border 15. Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing: A Study of Chandel District in Manipur 16. Ethnicity and Great Power Politics: A Case of Transnational Ethnic Kachin of Myanmar and Singpho of Northeast India 17. Memories of Migration of the Nepalese Migrant Coal Mine Workers 18. Enduring Racial Milieu: Relevance of Cultural Intelligence in Acculturation of Northeast Indian Migrants Part V: Language, Literature and Society 19. Mother Tongue and Identity: With Reference to Ao Community 20. Language and Identity Politics: The Case of Hmar in Northeast India 21. The Past in the Present: A Prismatic Retelling of Angami Naga Folklore 22. Suicide: A Daunting Challenge before the State of Sikkim
Introduction: Northeast India: History of the Present and Predicament of the Future Part I: Framing the Northeast 1. A Tale of Many Brahmaputras: Borderlands, Waterscapes and Geographies in Colonial Northeast India 2. Colonial Construction of the 'Lazy Native' and Formation of Assam's Tea Industry 3. Analysing the Contours of India's 'New' Regional Diplomacy: The Importance of Northeast Part II: Being a Northeasterner 4. Dressing My Culture: The Mekhela-Chador, Women's Agency and Patriarchy in Assam 5. Dabbling with Kaleidoscopic Narratives: A Pre-requisite for Comprehending the 'Forgotten' History of the Róngkups/ Lepchas 6. Mob Justice: An Integral Form of Cultural Construct 7. Social Exclusion of Char Inhabitants in Assam: Understanding the Interplay of Culture, Identity and Geography Part III: Institutions, Resources and Sustainability 8. Marriage Rituals and Customs in Mizo Society 9. The Shift of Authority: From Village Authority to Colonial Court 10. Reframing Tribal Governance in Tripura: TTAADC to the Village 11. The Socio-Cultural Underpinnings of Democracy in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya: Reframing the Past to Understand the Present 12. Conservation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Sustainability in Northeast India 13. A Journey from Sohliya to Strawberries: Experiences of Cash Crops, Forest and Food Security in Meghalaya, Northeast India Part IV: Cross-Border Interaction and Migration 14. India-Bhutan Borderland: Selected Cases of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam Border 15. Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing: A Study of Chandel District in Manipur 16. Ethnicity and Great Power Politics: A Case of Transnational Ethnic Kachin of Myanmar and Singpho of Northeast India 17. Memories of Migration of the Nepalese Migrant Coal Mine Workers 18. Enduring Racial Milieu: Relevance of Cultural Intelligence in Acculturation of Northeast Indian Migrants Part V: Language, Literature and Society 19. Mother Tongue and Identity: With Reference to Ao Community 20. Language and Identity Politics: The Case of Hmar in Northeast India 21. The Past in the Present: A Prismatic Retelling of Angami Naga Folklore 22. Suicide: A Daunting Challenge before the State of Sikkim
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