North East India: Historical and Political Profile: Indigenous People’s Struggle & Identity Crisis

Download or read book North East India: Historical and Political Profile: Indigenous People’s Struggle & Identity Crisis written by Nava Kishor Das and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Study from the year 2020 in the subject Sociology - Miscellaneous, grade: 9+, , course: Social Anthropology, language: English, abstract: This monograph elucidates the core features of North East India such as ecology, demography, language, family, marriage, kinship, economic practices, and religion as also complex issues of ethnic conflict, identity politics, immigration problem, insurgency, peace parleys and concerns of development and governance. This monograph aims to update and critically blend empirical facts with official documents. Especially meant to introduce the readers with basic disposition of this frontier region, this monograph also discusses how the region is gradually experiencing the democratization process and economic advancement in the backdrop of rampant ethnic dissent, backwardness, poverty and protracted neglect of the nation-state. It also aims to dispel prevailing prejudices and misunderstandings about northeast and its vibrant cultures.