scholarly journals The Early History of the Tea Industry in North-East India*

2018 ◽  
pp. 402-436
Author(s):  
Harold H. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Tea Industry ◽  
History Of

The Subaltern Speak- A Study On The Culture Of The Arunachalis With Special Reference To Mamang Dai’s The Legends Of Pensam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Ms. Cheryl Antonette Dumenil ◽  
Dr. Cheryl Davis
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Small World ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Shared History ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Insight Into

North- East India is an under veiled region with an awe-inspiring landscape, different groups of ethnic people, their culture and heritage. Contemporary writers from this region aspire towards a vision outside the tapered ethnic channel, and they represent a shared history. In their writings, the cultural memory is showcased, and the intensity of feeling overflows the labour of technique and craft. Mamang Dai presents a rare glimpse into the ecology, culture, life of the tribal people and history of the land of the dawn-lit mountains, Arunachal Pradesh, through her novel The Legends of Pensam. The word ‘Pensam’ in the title means ‘in-between’,  but it may also be interpreted as ‘the hidden spaces of the heart’. This is a small world where anything can happen. Being adherents of the animistic faith, the tribes here believe in co-existence with the natural world along with the presence of spirits in their forests and rivers. This paper attempts to draw an insight into the culture and gender of the Arunachalis with special reference to The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai.

scholarly journals Inter-State Border Conflict in North-East India with Special Reference to Assam Nagaland Border Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Satyendra Kr. Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Of The Government ◽  
Inter State

This paper is an attempt to study the inter-state border disputes in north-east India with special reference to Assam-Nagaland border conflict in the border areas of Golaghat district. The north-east region of India comprising of eight states has been gradually transforming into a conflicting area that breaks the harmony between the states and also undermines the concept of north-east India as a prosperous and culturally rich region of India. Due to some social, political and economic issues, this north east India divided into various states which were under the same umbrella at a time. Several inter-state disputes take place in this region with the upcoming of political and social unrest. The Naga insurgency that started in the late 1950’s is known as one of the unresolved armed conflicts in India. So, through this paper the researcher makes an attempt to study how the recent Naga-Assamese clash happened in the border areas of Golaghat district is responsible for breaking down of communal harmony, humanity, and inter-state peace process. As the dispute between Assam and Nagaland is currently the most prominent with a history of violent clashes between border areas, this paper aims to concentrate mainly on this issue. Moreover this paper will try to examine the role of the government regarding the above issue. Thus the above issues will be highlighted in the paper.

scholarly journals Prevalence of extra pulmonary tuberculosis among patients registered under a district TB centre in North East India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1743
Author(s):  
Krossnunpuii . ◽  
Febiola Kharkongor
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Infectious Agent ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Common Finding ◽  
Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
History Of ◽  
Extra Pulmonary ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Background: Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death and the leading cause from a single infectious agent (above human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)). Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is TB outside of the lungs. In general, EPTB is more difficult to diagnose than pulmonary TB (PTB), invasive methods are often needed to obtain samples for microbiological and histological testing and in some locations treatment should be extended to avoid the appearance of relapses. The purpose of this study was to find out the prevalence of EPTB among all registered TB patients in a capital city in northeast India.Methods: A retrospective study conducted at district TB Centre (Aizawl) from data collected from patient’s treatment cards. The study period was 1 year from January 2019 to December 2019. All the registered TB patients except those registered under the programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (PMDT) were included in the study and patients registered under PMDT were excluded. All the analysis was performed using simple percentage method.Results: Out of 1502 patients, 48.8% were PTB and 51.2% were EPTB. Male comprised of 54.3% and 45.7% were Female. Majority of them (87.5%) were new patients and 10.91% were recurrent cases. History of contacts was given by 8.25% of the patients. Of the 769 EPTB cases, pleural effusion was the most common finding (350) followed by lymph nodes TB (196). Among PTB, majority of them (72.71%) were microbiologically confirmed whereas majority of the patients (84.66%) were clinically diagnosed in EPTB patients.Conclusions: This study found a high prevalence of HIV-TB co-infections, recurrent TB infection and extra pulmonary tuberculosis.

Earthquakes and the Environmental Transformation of a Floodplain Landscape: The Brahmaputra Valley and the Earthquakes of 1897 and 1950

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-77
Author(s):  
Arupjyoti Saikia
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Seismic Activity ◽  
Deep Impact ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Brahmaputra Valley ◽  
Physical Setting ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental Transformation ◽  
History Of

Two major earthquakes in 1897 and 1950 had a deep impact upon the environment and humans in north-east India. The massive seismic disturbance of 1897 played a crucial role in shaping the physical history of this region. Seismologists have observed that this earthquake holds a 'prominent place among the great earthquakes of the world'. Another earthquake in 1950 disturbed the region's physical setting. This article will examine how these earthquakes transformed the landscape of Assam, and, in so doing, affected the lives and livelihoods of human communities. It will detail the various geological and hydrological consequences of earthquakes, which included the creation of floods, landslides, fissures, sand vents and artificial river dams. It will demonstrate how these changes affected Assamese agriculturalists and fishing communities. In so doing, it will shift the historiography of earthquakes away from a largely urban focus to examine the rural experiences of seismic activity.

Synthesis of Linear JTFA-Based Response Spectra for Structural Response and Seismic Reduction Measures for North-East India

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 2050023
Author(s):  
Deepa Devaraj ◽  
R. Ramkrishnan ◽  
T. Prabu ◽  
Sreevalsa Kolathayar ◽  
T. G. Sitharam
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transforms ◽  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Response Spectra ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Time Histories ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stationary Behavior

North-East India (NEI) has a long history of devastating earthquakes due to the complicated tectonic setting of the region. A shortage of sufficient recorded time-histories from the region calls for a synthesis of accelerograms for dynamic analyses. In this study, a novel Joint Time-Frequency Analysis (JTFA) technique is adopted for the synthesis of accelerograms, considering the non-stationary behavior of earthquake waves. JTFA is used for analyzing the signals in a joint time and frequency domain to better understand its characteristics and synthesize signals without compromising its inherent characteristics like frequency content and amplitude. Synthetic accelerograms are developed using JTFA techniques for different magnitude and distance ranges between 5 to 6.8 and 0–480[Formula: see text]km and response spectra are developed. Synthesized generalized accelerograms and their response spectra are compared with actual signals in the same magnitude-distance ranges and were found to match. A comparison of the frequency contents of actual and synthetic signals was also carried out using Fourier Transforms and spectrograms (SPs) and was found to be in good agreement. Further, a comparative study of various earthquake reduction measures for NEI is carried out for a scenario earthquake using the synthesized data, and the best suitable structural input for the region is recommended.

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