Book Details

Publication Year: 2019

Table of Contents: Preface 9 Acknowledgements . 11 List of Contributors . 13 List of Tables . 15 List of Figures . 17 1. An Anthropological Outlook on the Emergence and Migration Histories of Northeastern Populations, India . 19 Khangembam Somibabu Meitei and Sanjenbam Yaiphaba Meitei 2. Impact of Basic Amenities and Socio-economy on Women Health of Tribal Concentrated Zones in India . 29 Suparna Shome, Susmita Bharati, Manoranjan Pal, and Premananda Bharati 3. Corruption in the Socio-cultural Context of Arunachal Pradesh: An Anthropological Understanding . 45 Tame Ramya 4. Fertility across Generations: A Study of the Minyong Mothers and Daughters . 59 Maitreyee Sharma 5. Factors Affecting Infant and Child Mortality amongtwo Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India . 71 Tiluttoma Baruah 6. Understanding Life in the Inter-State Borderlands of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh . 79 Ratna Tayeng 7. Changing Trends in Living Megalithic Practices in Pamohi, Guwahati . 91 Garima Thakuria and Manoj Kumar Singh 8. Administration of Vi

Contributors

Author Info: Sarthak Sengupta received his M.Sc (1977) and Ph.D. (1983) degrees in Anthropology from Dibrugarh and Gauhati University respectively. He worked with the Anthropological Survey of India and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong for quite some time. Professor Sengupta in all has about 280 research articles and has to his own credit twenty-three well-knitted books on Northeast Indian tribes. He has mentored fourteen number of Ph. Ds and completed several major research projects. He is an active life and executive member of several professional anthropological bodies and member of editorial boards of many reputed peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Sengupta is at present Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology; and Director (i/c), Centre for Northeast Studies, Dibrugarh University, Assam. His current research interest is genetical demography, globin gene distribution, population genetics, bio-social studies, diet and nutrition, indigenous health practices and disadvantaged tribal population groups of Northeast