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An extraordinary, ever-relevant collection of stories from one of Assam’s greatest living writers. Hira Barua, an ageing widow living in a conflict-ridden region of Assam with her beloved Tibetan spaniel fears she is beginning to resemble a lonely Englishwoman from her past. A vicious sexual assault by the invading military drives a group of women into a shelter home. On a fateful night, a group of prostitutes make an extraordinary sacrifice for the safety of their companions. In these, and thirteen other piercing, intimate portraits, women navigate family, violence, trauma, ambition and domesticity with caution, grace and quiet resilience. Originally published as Mariam Austin othoba Hira...
The two-volume proceedings set CCIS 2121 and 2122 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Development, ICICSD 2023, which took place in Hyderabad, India, during August 25–26, 2023. The 46 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 138 submissions. They focus on digital healthcare, renewable energy, smart cities, digital farming, and autonomous systems.
The present book is a collection of 21 research chapters highlighting various aspects related to Look East Policy in the phase of globalisation or its previous regimes. The outcome of those chapters highlighted the prospects of trade, opportunities, possible threats, development and other issues with special emphasis on the North-Eastern region of the country. Mostly, the chapters are descriptive and exploratory in nature and with empirical investigations. A part of the book describes the issues related to the East and South-East Asian integration, progress of trade and opportunities and prospects of development. The other parts highlighted the issues of development and challenges or social ...
Technology is the guiding principle for present world and a key player of the international economy. Economics and technological evolutionary theory have a long history together. Both are not a solo process, rather it is a mixture of interlinked processes where the evolution of technology is a critical factor in economic growth throughout history. Notably, the sharp turn in economic growth of the eighteen century coincides with the great technological leap of the industrial sector. The main impetus of a capitalist is to make the profit, and they may consider a little about the social welfare while applying a technology. In this regard, Sen's works provide a model of choice of technology from...
Essay from the year 2013 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: A, language: English, abstract: The Mising is a major ethnic group of north east India and second largest tribe in Assam. As per 2001 census the Mising constitutes 17.8 percent of the tribal population of Assam and the total numbers of Mising population is 587,310. They are found mostly in Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh Dhemaji and Golaghat Districts of Assam. The Mising, being riverside people, have special liking to live on the riverbanks in spite of the fact that they have to face the flood of the river during the monsoon. Sometime flood force them to shift their villages. The Mising are still very backward and their socio-economic conditions have not developed. This essay attempts to explore the socio-economic condition of Mising people of Assam. Despite of the development of the socio economic structure of the Missing tribes, there is a gap still remains the socio economic development. Even though constitution provided a strong framework for the development of the Mising tribes they are still remain backward and so still strong foundation for the development of them is needed.
Mathematics for Economics authored by Hemanta Saikia, provides undergraduate economists with an introduction to mathematics tools which they will require. It covers a range of topics like elementary algebra to more advanced material. It focuses on the core topics that are taught in the undergraduate courses.
History of Northeastern India.