Papers presented at the Seminar on "Ethnicity, Culture, and Nationalism: Problems in the Context of North-East India", held in Sept. 1995 at the North Eastern Hill University.

Communications présentées à une conférence organisée par le North-East India Council for Social Science Research, les 5-6 décembre 1986.

Dr. N.K. Das had the privilege of conducting systematic social anthrpological research in Nagaland and other regions of North-eAst during 1976-88. Based on the material thus collected, Dr. Das has critically examined the ethno-historical and socio-political processes and factors causing ethnic conflict in sensitive North-East India. Using anthropological insight and historical anlaysis of pre-state segmentary social system among the Zounuo-Keyhonuo Naga, and examines the processes of state formation among the Ahom, Kachari, Meitei, Jaintia, Koch, Karbi and Khasi tribes in time and space dimensions. Other crucial subject matters discussed in this pioneering work are 'concept of tribe' fallacy of unilineal descent theory', 'matriliny to patriliny', 'peasantization','Inequality', `slavery', `social-stratification',`sanskritzation', `Christinaity', `Naga', `Mizo', `(Udayachal) Assam', `GNLF', `TNV', `Karbi',`Bodo' movements, and cultural revivalism.

Papers presented at the Seminar on the Problems of Ethnicity in the North-East India, held in 2006 in New Delhi, organized by Astha Bharati.

Contributed articles presented at the Seminar on Ethnic Issues, Secularism, and Conflict Resolution in North-East India held at Shillong during 25-26 April, 2001.

Examines how oral culture provided a platform to people in shaping the discourse of Mizo nationalism.

Of late, ethnic Identity has become debatable issue in the academic discourse of Northeast India. The issue of ethnic identity is a very complex process in this region. That means the sharing of a common culture on the one hand, and harping on separateness on the other. It is argued that there are conflicting situations in the northeast because these ethnic groups are trying to explore and construct their own history, culture, politics and identity from their own perspective. In this context the