North-East India: Land, People and Economy

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Divorce and Separation in India

“…As seen in Panel A, this varies from around 4 percent in the northeast to less than 1 percent in the north. The northeast, with roughly 4 percent of India's population, is related culturally both to mainland South Asia and to Southeast and East Asia (de Maaker and Joshi ; Dikshit and Dikshit ) and has distinct demographic and marriage patterns and gender systems. The differences seen between India's southern and northern regions mirror differences in other demographic patterns such as fertility.…”

“…In the south, with a higher prevalence of endogamous and reciprocal cross‐cousin marriages, there is greater flexibility in a woman's relationship with her natal family, and a woman can expect a higher degree of support from her natal family (Andrist, Banerji, and Desai ). The kinship system in the northeast is less rigid, and women are in a much more favorable position than elsewhere in the north (Dikshit and Dikshit ; Marak ). These differences in kinship, marriage, and cultural systems are also likely to be reflected in the levels of marital instability across regions.…”

A New Piece of the Early Rāṣṭrakūṭa Puzzle from Jamkhed

“…These were issued in the third year of the reign of a certain Vibhurāja, described as an ornament of the goddess that is the Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty (rāṣṭrakūṭeśvarāṇām anvavāyaśriyo 'laṃkāreṇa, l. 1-2). 14 On palaeographic grounds, Dikshit places the inscription in the fifth or sixth century, 15 but his editor revises this to the sixth or seventh century in his corrigenda. 16 The text of the grant is rather vague, with numerous misspellings and dubious readings.…”

Feasibility study of installation of MW level grid connected solar photovoltaic power plant for northeastern region of India

“…Harnessing solar power is dependent on number of factors, such as, irradiation of the location, amount of daylight hours and meteorological conditions, such as, wind speed, temperature, rainfall or precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, etc. The NE region of India lies in the proximity of the Tropic of Cancer and thus characterizes tropical climate to a larger extent, especially in the valleys, even though there is a climatic contrast between the valleys and mountainous regions [17]. The possibility of installing large scale solar energy systems can be observed from the climatic study of NE India, however, thorough technical and economic assessment is necessary.…”