A Quarterly Refereed Journal
Abstract: Historical evidence demonstrated that Tripura has always provided a broad social framework for integration and assimilation of tribes into different tribal social formation. Although the Koloi were Kokborok speakers, they were counted as the sub-tribe of the Halam. Their migration story has four different directions. Looking at their clan structure, it appears that they…
Chhiar chhunzawm rawh “Social History of the Koloi in Tripura” »
ABSTRACT: Colonialism has brought tremendous changes in almost every sphere of the Mizo life. With the introduction of new institution whether colonial or religious institution, Mizo death practices, concept and attitudes on dying were somehow significantly transformed. Traditional rites and beliefs are re-shaped by the spread of Christianity and other aspects of colonialism. All these…
Chhiar chhunzawm rawh “Conceptualizing Mizo Notion of Death in the Early Colonial Period” »
This paper aims to explore the construction of the ‘Lushai Hills’ (at present the Indian state of Mizoram) as a dystopian landscape in colonial military expedition reports, a major sub-genre of colonial travel writings by critically looking at The Lushai Expedition (1873), one of the earliest colonial documents on Mizoram. The text is authored by…