Ethnic Relations Among the People of North-East India

Contents: Preface. 1. Ethnic relation among the people of the North-East with special reference to Manipur/Gangmumei Kamei. 2. Ethnic relationship in Manipur : Good, bad, good/Amar Yumnam. 3. Ethnic relations in Manipur : an urban experience/Konjengbam Meghachandra Singh. 4. Dynamics of Kuki-Naga inter-group relations in Manipur :1992-2000/Aheibam Koireng Singh. 5. Socio-political relation between the moirangs and the ningthoujas during historical period/M. Ranjana. 6. Ethnicity and ethnic fragmentation : the question of Bishnupriya/M.C. Arun. 7. The Kuki-Paite clash (1997-98) in Manipur: a study/Senjam Mangi Singh. 8. A comparative study on Ahom Tai Amd Meitei dead rituals/L. Suresh Singh. 9. Social integration in early Manipur: some aspects/Amal Sanasam. Index.

"The present book is a collection of papers presented in a seminar on \'Ethnic relations among the people of North-East India\' organized by Centre for Manipur studies, Manipur university. The papers provide different aspect of ethnic relation in Manipur as it is a polyglot land inhabited by numerous ethnic communities. The book reveals that underneath the outward ethnic diversity, there are elements of affinity. The Indigenous Meiteis, the Nagas and Kuki Chin are all Tibeto Burman racially arid linguistically. The volume also discusses ethnic relations with its social, cultural, economic, political and historical experience; and their ramifications in identity formations, ethnic conflicts and territorial assertions." (jacket)