The present paper tries to throw some light on the origin of Tai-Phake community living in select... more The present paper tries to throw some light on the origin of Tai-Phake community living in selected pockets of Assam and deal with the change in life and culture of Tai-Phake community of Namphake village. The Tai-Phake people were originally from the Hu-kwang valley of Myanmar. They migrated in and around 1775 from Hu-Kwang valley to Assam in search of better life. To sustain their lives the people settled around the river side because of availability of water for various works. Water also helps them for cultivation of crops i.e. agriculture, which was their main occupation. The river plays an important role in the Tai-Phake community of Namphake village. The process of modernization is observed with the help of comparison in lifestyle, food, traditional practices among the older generation and new generation. Many of the festivals have vanished because of the irregular practices. There is influence in the language of the Tai-Phake community because of acculturation with different culture like the Assamese, Bengali etc. Monastery was considered to be the place where people worship, cultural gathering and educational hub but in the present period it is used only for worshipping and considered as a tourist hub. The people of Namphake village has tried to hold on to their original customs and beliefs and has preserved it by arranging evening classes of tai languages for the people, wearing traditional dresses during festival and marriage festivals and marriages. Conclusions are drawn based on the analysis of the collected information during the survey time.
Restaurant business has been an integral part of any urban economy. Like in any other sector, wom... more Restaurant business has been an integral part of any urban economy. Like in any other sector, women form a major portion of the workforce in this business also. Although women"s participation in restaurant business is not quite a recent phenomenon, yet the many facets of issues and challenges that women face in their workplaces still remains a problem that demands immediate solution. These issues and challenges however take various forms and may vary depending upon the variability of the place, culture or nature. Using various qualitative techniques, this paper attempts to explore the status and challenges women table servers experience in restaurants that are located in an emerging city. Dibrugarh, in the state of Assam, is an emerging city located in the North East of India. Added to the intricacies of an emerging city, Dibrugarh also has its own uniqueness of nature, culture and society, which adds to the complexities of a city in formation. In such a scenario, it also becomes pertinent to examine the perception of the people of the city on women table servers who are on a mission to be independent and self reliant. This paper finds that women, braving many issues and challenges, are slowly but steadily curving a niche for themselves in restaurant business in this part of the country.
Species diversity is the number of different species found in a particular area. However, conserv... more Species diversity is the number of different species found in a particular area. However, conservation biologist often uses the term species diversity even when they are actually referring to species richness, i.e. to number of present species (Harrison et al., 2004). Dibrugarh district located in the upper Assam is well known for its biological richness. Similarly, the study area i.e., the Dibrugarh University campus is also having a good number of species diversity. The biological diversity found in the study area is often related to its vegetation cover, which is categorized into evergreen, semi-evergreen, deciduous, semi-deciduous and coniferous/alpine/others. The Botanical garden inside the campus has been considered as one of the protected area covering an area of 4.63 hectares. It is famous for rare, valuable trees, fruits, medicinal herbs etc. Apart from that the north eastern part corner of the campus also having some forest covers including a tea garden. The present study involves identification and mapping of species diversity of prominent tree, grass and herbs in selected quadrants available in the study area. Plant communities are classified according to structure of canopy or type (tree, shrub or herbaceous) and dominance of taxa. The study is mainly based on primary data collected for the field study. For density analysis of species, 15 major species are taken for study and area is divided into 200m X 200m grids. The herbaceous plants are identified and analysis through quadrant method. The major 5 selective site are taken for study includes both grazing and nongrazing. Out of 103 herbaceous species there are 35 major species are identified which prominent inside the study area. These species are again classified into two broad i.e. Annual and Perennial. For canopy cover analysis of trees there are major 100 species are taken and average canopy area was measured.
The Apatani tribe inhabiting in the Ziro valley of Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh ar... more The Apatani tribe inhabiting in the Ziro valley of Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh are one of the few ecological farming practicing communities of the world. The unique combination of Rice and Fish firming in the same field with distinguishing irrigation system makes the Apatanis unique in themselves. Along with the rice cum fish cultivation the terraces of Ziro valley produces lots of agricultural products, Kiwi is one of the many to mention. Agriculture sector worries the scientists because the amount food products produce per hectare would not be enough for the whole population to feed in the coming future. Scientist has come out with High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds to meets the needs of the population. This seeds are of better quality compare to the normal one and production is bit more than the normal seed. However, there are unique farming practices in different parts of the world which are sustainable and self-sufficient in nature. The agro-pisciculture is a ver...
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013
The system of cast based society is perhaps the most troubled topic of Indian social fabric. Nowh... more The system of cast based society is perhaps the most troubled topic of Indian social fabric. Nowhere in the world can one find such a disgraceful division of life. This paper is a sincere effort to study and explore the present condition of the suppressed class people in the state of Assam. The kaibarttas are one of the most prominent subgroup of scheduled caste people living in the state, whose main occupation is fishing. They are also the largest community of SC population living here. So by studying the educational and occupational characteristic of the Kaibarttas, attempt is being made to understand the status of the zipped community who were deprived of all basic amenities of a civil society in earlier times.
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