Assam

First Record of Bosmina tripurae Korínek et al 1999 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Bosminidae) from Assam

by Bikramjit Sinha

J Bombay Nat Hist Soc, 2002

IDP LIVELIHOODS: ENABLING IDP LIVELIHOODS IN WESTERN ASSAM: NOBODYS RESPONSIBILITY

by Uddipana Goswami

Assam North-east India Field Study 2009: Final Report

by Gary Watmough

A field report written for the Royal Geographical Society as part of the Slawson Funding.

The aim of the expedition was to support a Ph.D. research project that was exploring the potential links between... more The aim of the expedition was to support a Ph.D. research project that was exploring the potential links between socioeconomic conditions and environmental factors for an extensive area of Assam, north-east India. If relationships (non-causal) can be found between socioeconomic conditions and the environment using remotely sensed satellite imagery it may be possible to use remote sensing imagery as a limited but valuable proxy for the census during intercensal periods. The expedition aimed to collect information to support future research methods. Results revealed a number of potential relationships between socioeconomic conditions and environmental variables in rural communities. Furthermore, non-environmental factors were also found to have potential relationships with socioeconomic conditions in rural communities. Some of these non-environmental factors can be monitored from satellite imagery and methods of doing this will be explored in future Ph.D. research. Relationships found between socioeconomic conditions and environmental factors in the field will be used in future Ph.D. research to explore if statistical relationships exist. It was not possible to visit all areas of the study site due to on-going security concerns. However, 24 villages with a range of socioeconomic and environmental conditions were visited during the expedition.

The Kamakhya Lore and Inter-ethnic Relations in Assam

by Uddipana Goswami

In Tribes of India: Identity, Culture and Lore [Special Focus on the Karbis of Assam] (ed. Prakash C Patnaik & Debojit Borah) Guwahati: Angik Prakashan.

Enabling Idp Livelihoods in Western Assam: Nobody's Responsibility

by Uddipana Goswami

Report on Muslim IDPs in Western Assam

by Uddipana Goswami

In Refugee Watch 29. Kolkata: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group.

Performing the Nation: Ojapali and Axamiya Nationalism

by Uddipana Goswami

In Historical Journal '06. (ed.) Samina Sulatana. Dhaka: Jagannath University.

Internal displacement, migration, and policy in northeastern India

by Uddipana Goswami

Nobody`s People: Muslim IDPs of Western Assam

by Uddipana Goswami

In Blisters on their Feet: Tales of Internally Displaced Persons in India’s North East. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Miya Or Axamiya? Migration And Politics Of Assimilation In Assam

by Uddipana Goswami

The Northeast frontier of India situated where South Asia ends and Southeast Asia begins has seen migrations of... more The Northeast frontier of India situated where South Asia ends and Southeast Asia begins has seen migrations of populations both from the east – from Southeast Asia, and from the west – from the Indian subcontinent, since time immemorial. As the gateway to the Northeast, Assam – one of the seven states of this frontier – has for long been in the centre of the turbulence caused by such large scale and long term migration – known by various nomenclatures such as Miya or Sar-Sapori Mussalman but in each case referring to the Muslim migrants from East Bengal, later East Pakistan and now Bangladesh. This paper will trace the history of migration since the colonial period and explore the social, economic and political fallout of the population movement that has sustained till the present. Although legally citizens of India now, these early migrants have however become collectively unwelcome in Assam owing to the fact the illegal immigration from Bangladesh continues even today raising fears over land grabbing, demographic swamping, loss of indigenous identity, religious minoritization and loss of political representation. This paper is concerned with the legal settlers alone and the process of assimilation into the AxamiyÄÂ ‘mainstream’ that they have adopted. The efficacy of this policy of assimilation will be questioned, the fallout of its failure discussed, and possible alternatives explored.

Armed in Northeast India: Special Powers, Act or No Act

by Uddipana Goswami

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 (AFSPA) forms the core of the Indian Government’s relationship with the... more The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 (AFSPA) forms the core of the Indian Government’s relationship with the Northeast region. Fifty years after its inception violence in the region is increasing rather than decreasing. While the AFSPA is central to the ways the state relates to citizens in the region and has been a major catalyst for increasing violence, this paper will not treat the AFSPA as the sole instance of the Indian state’s skewed security regime in the Northeast region, but will instead argue that the act is only a symptom of a larger malaise characterised by alienation, militarisation, and a dangerous counter-insurgency strategy. The fallout has been not merely a brutalisation of the security forces, but a legitimisation of violence. A vicious cycle has been set in motion punctuated by three main dynamics: violence giving birth to more violence, brutalisation eroding ideologies, and state-sanctioned terror engendering a disregard for peaceful alternatives. It is argued that unless the Indian state bases its approach to the region on a proper understanding of the nationalistic aspirations and indigenous and ethnic identities of the people there, this cycle cannot be stopped.

Problems, Prospects and Future of Education for Minorities in India : A Case Study of Madrassa Education in Assam

by Dr K M Baharul Islam

Published in:
"Management of School Education in India"
Edited by Neelam Sood, APH, 2003, xiv, 217 p, tables, ISBN : 81-7648-500-4,

This book focus on seven facets of management of school education in India. These include decentralization of school... more This book focus on seven facets of management of school education in India. These include decentralization of school education; teacher behaviour; supervision and support system for schools; education of minorities and disadvantaged groups; role of NGOs in school education; education and technology; and financing of school education. The contributions made by academicians represent their considered opinions, experiences, or insightful analyses of the data gathered by them. Put together these make a valuable resource for those concerned with planning and management of school education.

An introduction to the book highlights the issues raised in each of the seven areas in subsequent chapters and the last chapter aptly sums up the major lessons emerging from the treatment of these themes."

“A Historical Perspective,” Seminar, Issue 550, June, 2005, Special Issue on North-East India, Gateway to the East, Sanjib Baruah (ed.), 45-49

by Jayeeta Sharma

Coolie Acts and the Acting Coolies: Coolie, Planter and State In the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Colonial Tea Plantations of Assam

by Nitin Varma