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“The North East Indian region has never been an isolated backwater” – Food production and animal domestication since the Neolithic Revolution
“Who lived here?”, “when did they live here?”, “what culture did they have?” and “how did their culture change?” are just some of the questions posed by Prehistory and Archaeology of Northeast India, a book that probes the origins of … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology, Biodiversity, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Ethnobotany & ethnomedicine, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Music and dance, Names and communities, Press snippets, Seasons and festivals, Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council, Storytelling, Tribal culture worldwide
Tagged Ahom, Angami, Bodo, Dimasa, Kachari, Khasi, Mishing
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Important lessons for dealing with water deficit due to climate change: Indus Valley Civilization Dholavira & Kalibangan – Western region
Anindya Sarkar, professor of geology and isotope geochemistry at IIT, Kharagpur, was lead researcher of a recent paper published in the Journal of Quaternary Science, on how Dholavira, an Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) site, holds important lessons for dealing with … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology and environment, History, Western region – Western Zonal Council
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“Air, water and grains are essential to human nourishment” – Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi spoke of Swaraj’s three basic khorak. But he also gave, in the same 1918 speech, a fourth khorak for Swaraj. And that lay in his words, “we have a right to question.” | Read the full article by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, titled “On … Continue reading
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Wastewater snow would ruin a mountain considered sacred – Flagstaff (USA)
[R]ivers run through Navajo lands but the water is diverted to golf courses in Phoenix […] while natives lack legal rights to the water and can’t even get plumbing to wash their hands. Source: Janene Yazzie, a Navajo community organizer, … Continue reading →