Bengal
The status and Types of Haemoglobin among the Toto Community in West Bengal, India
By: KAUSTUV DEBSARMA, K.K.N. SHARMA – A large number of populations are suffering from haemoglobinopathies including tribal populations. Sickle-cell-anaemia and Thalassemia are two major genetic mutations in human haemoglobin. Toto is one of the PVTGs in India, living under the foothills of Himalayan region in the Indo-Bhutan border. The objective of the paper is to…
Intersecting Knowledge with Landscape: Traditional Wisdom and Environmental Sustainability- A Case Study of Santal Community of Purulia District of West Bengal
Bengal, Environmental equilibrium, Globalization, India, Santal community, Traditional Ecological KnowledgeBy: SHILPA BISWAS, WORREL KUMAR BAIN – Climate change already has environmental effects and contributes significantly to the present crisis in biodiversity. The indigenous people are sensitive to climate-based changes because of their close link to and dependence on local, sometimes fragile ecosystems. Identifying climate-related disturbances and implementing appropriate adaptation measures will be crucial for…
An Ethnographic Profile of the Tamil Settlers in a City of West Bengal, India
By: AVIK ROY, GOPALKRISHNA CHAKRABARTI, ARNAB DAS – This article intends to explore the processes involved in the production and sustained expression of ethnic identity of the Tamil Brahman settlers at an urban locality of Howrah (a district of Indian state of West Bengal). Much of the works on ethnicity have been rooted in understanding…
Prevalence of thinness among 6-12 years rural children of Kharagpur A cross-sectional study in West Bengal, India
By: SUBAL DAS, DEBANITA ADDHYA, FALGUNI CHAKRABARTY – Thinness is one of the biggest problems of children residing in rural or tribal areas in our country then their urban counterparts. Children are in growing age needs more varied nutrient to reach their full growth potential. Any obstruction during this stage leads to impaired physical and…
A Longitudinal growth study of weight among Lodha and Non-Lodha infants and young children of Lodhasuli, West Bengal, India
By: NIRMALYA KUMAR SINHA, SUBAL DAS, KAUSHIK BOSE, DILIP KUMAR NANDI – This is the first community based longitudinal study among the Lodha tribals and nonLodha children of Lodhasuli, West Bengal, India. The objective of the present longitudinal growth study was to compare the growth in weight of Lodha (tribal) children with the non Lodha…
Rajbansi Festivals. Decoding Indigenous Knowledge System
By: ASHOK DAS GUPTA – Indigenous Knowledge System/ IKS and the set of local-level material apparatus are dependent upon non-adaptive domains of the folk life (>folk culture>material apparatus). Altogether non-reflective intangible part of culture (cultural values, social norms, folkways, taboo and traditional belief); reflective and tangible part (set of material apparatus) and reflective but non-tangible…