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Documentation of ethno-medicinal practices: A case study on tribal forest fringe dwellers of Terai West Bengal in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The ethno-medicinal practices were documented which were being used by tribal population dwelling forest fringe areas of Terai zone of West Bengal, India on under exploited, non conventional, traditional and indigenous plant species for the sustainable ...
Datta, S., Dey, A. N., Sharma, Bani
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Northeast Migrants In Delhi: Race, refuge and retail [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail is an ethnographic study of migrants from India's north-east border region living and working in Delhi, the nation's capital. Northeast India borders China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.
Duncan McDuie-Ra
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Dyarchy: democracy, autocracy and the scalar sovereignty of interwar India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The 1919 Government of India Act instituted sweeping constitutional reforms that were inspired by the concept of “dyarchy”. This innovation in constitutional history devolved powers to the provinces and then divided these roles of government into ...
Legg, Stephen
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The Range and Diversity of Vocalic Systems in Asian Languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The purpose of this paper is first to present a general overview of the language families of Asia and what is presently commonly accepted as the relationships between these families.
Reid, Lawrence A.
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Some Superstitious Botanical Folklore of Different Tribes of North Cachar Hills, Assam (Northeast India) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The district of North Cachar Hills of Assam, one of the most biodiverse regions of the world is endowed with different tribes each with their own traditions, customs and method of healing.
Nath, Minaram   +2 more
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Ethnic Preparation of Haria, a Rice-Based Fermented Beverage, in the Province of Lateritic West Bengal, India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Haria is a rice-based fermented beverage that is popular among tribal and low income people in lateritic West Bengal and East-Central India. The principal ingredient of this beverage is low grade boiled rice (Oryza sativa L.), which is mixed with a ...
Adak, Atanu   +9 more
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‘Is India Racist?’: Murder, Migration and Mary Kom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
After the 2012 Olympics, Bronze Medal-winning boxer Mary Kom achieved national celebrity status in India. As a member of the Kom tribe, a Tibeto-Burman community from the Northeast region, she has come to represent a region long considered, and self ...
Duncan McDuie-Ra
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Margins and borders: polities and ethnicities in North-East India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
International audienceWhen not imposed, e.g. by the State, territories are mainly defined by processes of identity. In Northeast India the spatial references of identities have experienced tremendous changes.
Ramirez, Philippe
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The dilemmas of pro-development actors: viewing state–ethnic minority relations and intra-ethnic dynamics through contentious development projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Studies of ethnic minority peoples in Asia have long focussed on the relations between ethnic minority communities and the modern state and on the role of development in shaping these relations.
Duncan McDuie-Ra
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