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This book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding about the post-colonial research trends on the Idu Mishmi community of Arunachal Pradesh, which was considered as an important tribe since the pre-colonial and colonial days. It takes into account the historicity of the tribe and brings into light the change and continuity in the context of emerging realities of a bordering state. It takes stock of some ground realities pertaining to issues of daily life to sociocultural aspects to the issues of resource mobilization. In exploring these issues and concerns confronting the Idu Mishmis, the challenge has been taken up by the current generation scholars having different academic backgrounds cutting across the disciplinary boundaries.

This book is likely to cater the needs of students, researchers, academicians, administrators and policymakers alike, in understanding the potentials and the contemporary issues faced by the smaller tribes in general and the Idu Mishmis in particular. It may be noteworthy to mention that Idu Mishmis who are at the centre of discussion in this book have inhabited the eastern-most part of India for centuries but very little has been known and written about them.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The Idu Mishmi Tribe of Frontier State of Arunachal Pradesh/Tarun Mene and Sarit K. Chaudhuri. 3. Narrating the Tribe: Colonial Constructs and Voicing the Savage: A Post-colonial Study of the Colonial Writings on the Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh/Razzeko Delley. 4. Examining the Narratives of Mishmi's Status and its Peregrination of Baptism into Contemporary India/Tilu Linggi. 5. Border Trade in Mishmi Hills: A Historical Perspective/Rajiv Miso. 6. Idu Mishmis' Social Worlds: Animals, Humans and Spirits/Ambika Aiyadurai. 7. Aspects of Marriage System of the Idu Mishmi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/Justina Umbrey and Razzeko Delley. 8. The Great Fire and the Creation Myth: The Oral Tradition of the Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh/Rumo Meto and Tarun Mene. 9. The Writing System of the Idu Mishmi Language: An Introduction/Mite Lingi. 10. Attempts to Write the Idu Mishmi Language and a Proposal for a Modern Orthography/Roger Blench. 11. Festival and Emerging Social Reality: A Study of the Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh/Tarun Mene and Sarit K. Chaudhuri. 12. Cultural Epidemiology of Malaria among the Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh/Eva Umpo. 13. Funeral Traditions of the Idu Mishmi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/S. Simon John and Maya Pulu. 14. Underestimation of Suicide: A Study of the Idu Mishmi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh/Tarun Mene. 15. Sineru Monomyth: The Idu Mishmi Funeral Mythography/Razzeko Delley. 16. Euthanasia among the Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh: Understanding Issues and Concerns of a Frontier Tribe/Tarun Mene and Sarit K. Chaudhuri. 17. Women in the Face of Globalization: Observations on the Idu Mishmi Society of Arunachal Pradesh/Justina Umbrey and Tarun Mene. 18. Plight of the Igus: Notes on Shamanism among the Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh/Sarit K. Chaudhuri. 19. Traditional Use of Indigenous Medicinal Plants: A Case Study on Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh/Athuko Tayu. 20. Mehao Lake of Arunachal Pradesh: A Biological Treasure/Boni Amin Laskar, Samiran Roy, Kenjum Bagra and D.N. Das. 21. Mehao Wetland: A Treasure of Mishmi Hills/Fames Linggi. 22. Managing Tourism Assets: A Case Study of Lower Dibang Valley Districtof Arunachal Pradesh/ Rajen Miwu. 23. Probable Economic Impact of Hydropower Project: A Case Study on 3,000 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project/Riko Mihu.