Making of Mizoram

Making of Mizoram PDF Author: Suhas Chatterjee
Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9788185880389
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Despite seclusion, the Mizo Union leaders of Mizoram, erstwhile Lushai Hills, had a penchant for the mainstream politics. But the appeal of Nehru's liberalism and constitutionalism suffered a set-back because of manipulative Assam politics. Laldenga formed the Mizo National Front to establish Sovereign Mizoram. He was brainwashed by the colonialist forces. But his revolt plunged Mizoram into a horrible insurgency causing unprecedented bloodbath in North-East India. China and Pakistan fished in the troubled waters. The changed international situation., However, compelled the MNF supremo to realize his mistake. He sought refuge in the constitutionalism. Rajiv Gandhi gave that opportunity when MNF abjured violence. Laldenga became the legitimate chief minister. He was dismissed being betrayed by his own party men.

Modern Mizoram

Modern Mizoram PDF Author: P. Thirumal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429826362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
Mizoram is situated at a unique cusp in North East India, in terms of both physical and social contexts. It shares its borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, while cultural influences range from the indigenous to the Western. This book offers an alternative understanding of the modern history of Mizoram through an analysis of its cultural practices through language, music, poetry and festivals. It explores the roots of modern cultural works not just in Christianity, but also in precolonial Mizo traditional practices. The authors closely examine text, performance and sculptural images, including the first handwritten newspaper Mizo Chanchin Laisuih (1898) and the Puma Zai festival (1907–11) from the early colonial period along with a contemporary sculptural image. They argue that cultural works open up to new forms of interpretations and responses over time. The book indicates that the Mizo creative sensibility enmeshed in theological, capitalistic-material and political/ideological regimes informs its modern enclosures, be it region, religion or nation. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of cultural studies, literature, media, history, politics, sociology and social anthropology, area studies, North East India studies and South Asian studies.

The Origin Story of Indian States

The Origin Story of Indian States PDF Author: Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780143451495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
The story of the birth of India's states is the story of the birth and continuing rebirth of India, the nation. It is a story that everyone in India must know, from young to old. This rigorously researched book lays out the fascinating political and historical circumstances of the birth of India's states and union territories.

Education and Society in a Changing Mizoram

Education and Society in a Changing Mizoram PDF Author: Lakshmi Bhatia
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136198059
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
Located in the domain of cultural politics, the book with rich ethnographical data from Mizoram, a lesser known and understood state, brings the community, state and culture to centre-stage, along with family and stratification of the sociological discourse in education. The book argues for a re-look at school education in Mizoram, besides providing critical insights into the North East region as a whole. It also points to the dilemmas of development in that region and suggests possible ways out of the impasse. Marking a significant departure from conventional thinking on education as 'human capital' as reflected in North-East Vision: 2020, the book strongly advocates the need for critical pedagogies based on learning from conflict; inculcating the values of tolerance and compassion as a precursor to peace; reconceptualising `development, not merely as 'economic' but as indicator of national happiness and valuing lives equally besides respect for traditional institutions, thus marking a break from the much resented paternalism that underpins all state interventions in education. One of the first studies of its kind regarding experience and practice of education, the book makes an important contribution to the role that education can play to usher in peace and promote respect for differences.

Being Mizo

Being Mizo PDF Author: Joy Pachuau
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199451159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Originally presented as the author's thesis--University of Oxford.

Oh,Mizoram

Oh,Mizoram PDF Author: Dr. PS Sreedharan Pillai
Publisher: Indus Scrolls Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description


Economic and Ecological Implications of Shifting Cultivation in Mizoram, India

Economic and Ecological Implications of Shifting Cultivation in Mizoram, India PDF Author: Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030366022
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
This book presents the first empirically tested, comprehensive study on shifting cultivation in Mizoram. Shifting cultivation is a unique and centuries-old practice carried out by the people of Mizoram in Northeast India. Today, it is a non-economic activity as it does not produce sufficient crops, and as a result, the area under shifting cultivation is decreasing. Such cultivation leads to the burning and degradation of vast areas of forestland and therefore has adverse impacts on the floral and faunal resources. This book is a valuable resource for government workers, policymakers, academics, farmers and those who are directly or indirectly associated with practical farming, or with framing and implementing policies. It is equally important to master’s and Ph.D. students of geography, resource management, development, and environmental studies who are involved in research and development.

Mizoram

Mizoram PDF Author: C. Nunthara
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173870590
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
Chiefly political aspects of the study.

Landscape, Culture and Belonging

Landscape, Culture and Belonging PDF Author: Neeladri Bhattacharya
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108481299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
This volume is an important contribution to the new literature on frontier studies and the historiography of Northeast India.

Zorami - A Redemption Song

Zorami - A Redemption Song PDF Author: Malsawmi Jacob
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789382759102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Zorami is the first novel ever written by a Mizo writer in English (The Mizos are a tribal community in North East India). The novel brings together different strands like the transformation of Mizo identity and culture through 'Christianisation' and the clash between Mizo culture and that sought to be imposed by a domineering subcontinent. Such strands are woven together with the inner 'rites of passage' of the protagonist, Zorami, a Mizo woman subjected to rape and displacement during a time of violent political upheaval and her journey towards personal healing and discovery of a new identity via a spiritual encounter. The author, Malsawmi Jacob, takes the reader through Zorami's traversal of her zones of darkness and shades of grey to a final explosion of the 'colours of acceptance and love'.