North East India The Human Landscape

NORTH-EAST India is one of the most attractive regions of India. Its attraction is not only for its extraordinary natural beauty but also for its diversities in different levels. One can find the marked natural diversities and also diversities in ethnic level. The people who belong to different tribal and non-tribal groups, live in different states of this region. They have different genetical make up, different ethnicities and identities, different economic, social, political and religious systems. While some of the biological and cultural parameters are common among some of them, for many others these are quite different. All these have made each ethnic group of this region a distinct and unique one. All these colourful and friendly people have made the ethnic mosaic of India distinct and unique in the world. Through this book the contributors have tried to highlight some of the important aspects of the economic and social life and also bio-demographic pattern of some of the ethnic groups of this part of India. There are thirty articles written by eminent and experienced academicians and scholars incorporated in this book, and all these scholarly, important and valuable articles will provide fresh information about the people of India’s North-East region to the readers and surely enrich their knowledge about this part of India and the people living here.