This Book Is An In-Depth Study Covering Various Socio-Economic Dimensions Of Women In Arunachal Pradesh. The Study Covers Five Major Tribes Of Arunachal Pradesh, And The Author Has Conceptualized, And Has Displayed A Deep Sense Of Commitment To A Sensitive Subject.

A first of its kind, this book brings together the writings of women from Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. Home to many different tribes and scores of languages and dialects, once known as a ‘frontier’ state, Arunachal Pradesh began to see major change after it opened up to tourism and once the Indian State introduced Hindi as its official language. In this volume, Mamang Dai, one of Arunachal’s best known writers, brings together new and established voices on subjects as varied as identity, home, belonging, language, Shamanism, folk culture, orality and more. Much of what has been handed down orally, through festivals, epic narratives, the performance of rituals by Shamans and rhapsodists, revered as guardians of collective and tribal memory, is captured here in the words of young poets and writers, as well as artists and illustrators, as they trace their heritage, listen to stories and render them in newer forms of expression.

Seeks to evaluate why few women own land, and even fewer effectively control it by relating it to the gender unequal laws/ policies.

Annada Charan Bhagabati, b. 1939, Indian anthropologist; contributed articles.

Contributed articles.