Arunachal Pradesh
Between Conformity and Resistance: Women’s organization in the state of Arunachal Pradesh
By: ZILPHA A. MODI – In the predominantly tribal region of Arunachal Pradesh, women’s organizations are often heralded as symbols of social progress, development, and empowerment. However, the mere presence of women in these organizations is sometimes oversimplified as an indication of the elevated status of tribal women, obscuring the nuanced realities of their struggles.…
Issues of Tribal Development in Arunachal Pradesh: The Case of the Nyishi Tribe
By: TAME RAMYA, SARIT KUMAR CHAUDHURI – The paper focuses on the perspectives of sustainable development among the Nyishis of Kurung Kumey district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh who have the status of a Scheduled Tribe but are somewhat deprived of the benefits of development even after India’s economic reforms. The study reveals that…
Nutritional Status of School-going Children: A Study on the Galo Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: JAI CHANDRA PEGU, AVIJIT BORUAH – This study was a community-based cross-sectional study carried out among the Galo school-going children of the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The total number of participants was 1411 Galo children aged 5–14 years. Among them, 683 were boys and 728 were girls. The nutritional status of…
Opium Addiction and Poor Pregnancy Outcome among the Wancho Tribal Population, Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: CHAYA RANI HAZARIKA – Pregnancy outcome is a powerful indicator of the health status of its women and the quality of health care available to the community. A two-way relationship between women’s health and pregnancy outcome exists and high rates of foetal and early infant mortality are well known. The use of opium for…
The Association of Alcohol and Suicide: A Perspective from the Idu Mishmi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: TARUN MENE – Many empirical investigations attempt to explain the link between alcohol use and suicide. It has been discovered that alcohol’s effect as a depressive, as well as the deteriorating impact of alcoholism on work, family connections, and social networks, increases a person’s isolation from the others and a sense of hopelessness, leading…
Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Singphos and Wanchos, the Less Known Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: CHAYA RANI HAZARIKA – Tribals in India in general live in an area that is characterized by rich natural resources like forest, land, water, biodiversity, and minerals. It would not be an exaggeration to state that poverty, misery, and deprivation continue to persist among tribals of India. This study presents the socio-economic profile of…
Knowledge and Practice of Family Planning: A Study among two less known Tribes Singphos and Wanchos of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: CHAYA RANI HAZARIKA – Family planning plays a pivotal role in population control, poverty reduction and human development. There is a great need and necessity for family planning, particularly among the developing countries like India because of the massive population explosion. This paper reports the knowledge and practice of family planning in the two…
Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh: Evolution of Tourism Area and its Effects on the Guest-Host Interactions
By: HIBU DINDIE – Arunachal Pradesh is a land-locked frontier state of India. It lacks a robust industry and is deficient in infrastructure and other amenities. One of the ways mooted by the state government and entrepreneurs to overcome this challenge was to give an impetus to the tourism sector in the state. It is…
Prevalence of anemia in adolescence girls of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: PRASANTA NANDA, KUMARI DEHUTI, PINKI YADAV, PRIYA CHOUDHARY, PATE JUMSI, TALOM TALOH, RATNA TAYENG – A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among the adolescent girls of Dera Natung Government College Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on 21st September 2019 to understand the prevalence of anaemia among adolescent college students. The study showed that only 19.29%…
An Ethnolinguistic Profile of Bangru: The Lesser-Known Language Community of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: TAME RAMYA – This paper attempts to present an ethnolinguistic profile of Bangru, the lesser-known language spoken mainly in 15 Bangru villages of the Sarli circle of the Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh. Bangru language may be included in the Tibeto-Burman language family, though no evidence is available on its language affiliation. It…
Intangible Cultural Heritages of Arunachal Pradesh
By: RASHMIREKHA SARMA, GULRUKH BEGUM – Intangible cultural heritage includes traditions or living expressions, inherited from our predecessors and transmitted to our successors orally or by gesture, discussed mainly within five broad domains: oral traditions and expressions including language; performing arts; social practices, rituals, festive events; knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or…