Himalayan Studies in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Himalayan studies in India--geopolitical perspectives/K. Warikoo. 2. The Eastern Himalayas--A geo-political consideration/T.K. Roy Choudhury. 3. Studies on the Eastern Himalayas--its geo-politics and geo-strategy/A.C. Sinha. 4. Conflicting nations in North-East India/Sanjoy K. Roy. 5. Water resources of the Himalaya and its utilization in the Plains/M.K. Bandyopadhyay. 6. Proposal for interlinking Indian rivers--role of Brahmaputra and the State of Arunachal/Sunil K. Munsi. 7. Globalisation and its impact on the eastern Himalayan region/Manas Dasgupta. 8. The physical and cultural landscapes of the Buddhist Himalaya -- a critique/Maitreyee Choudhury. 9. Language and ethnicity in Darjeeling Hills/Swatahsiddha Sarkar. 10. Bhutia women of Sikkim in the religious frame of Buddhism/Swati A. Sachdeva. 11. Christianity in the Himalayan state of Sikkim/Francis A.V. Index.

"The book introduces the readers to a plethora of subjects that are being dealt with by Indian scholars specialising in Himalayan Studies in the twenty first century. The discourses contained in this book pertain to social-scientific investigation on the Himalayas in recent years. Various experts from the disciplines of history, geography, political science, economics and sociology have contributed on a variety of thought-provoking issues ranging from geo-politics and security aspects, insurgency issues, globalization and related phenomena, environmental resources and problems associated with the distribution of resources, and culture in respect of language, religion and gender studies. The topics chosen for this edited book are mostly related to the Eastern Himalayas, so that the dearth of information on this part of the Himalayas can be lessened." (jacket)