Chetan SinghRecognizing Diversity
Society and Culture in the Himalaya
* Introduction
* Chetan Singh; I. Environment and Human Response
* 1.: Diverse Livelihood Strategies and the Changing Economy of
Colonial Uttarakhand Dhirendra Datt Dangwal
* 2.: Diversity of Nature Conservation Practices in Himachal Pradesh
Sanjeeva Pandey
* II. Gender, Society, and Ethnicity
* 3.: Diversity as Counter-hegemony: Reet and Gender Relations in
Himachal Pradesh Yogesh Snehi
* 4.: Diverse Forms of Polyandry and Customary Rights of Inheritance
and Landownership in the Western Himalayas Chetan Singh
* 5.: The Subaltern Speak in the Bhutanese Lozey: A Critique of Two
Indigenous Dzongka Texts Jaiwanti Dimri;
* 6.: Cultural Diversity, Social Exclusion and Identity Politics in
Nepal Hari Prasad Bhattarai
* III. The Many Ways of Religion
* 7.: Archaeology of an Extinct Religious Tradition: Bonpos of the
Western Himalaya Laxman S. Thakur;
* 8.: Deep Ecology and Buddhism: Imperatives for the Himalayan Region
Bharati Puri
* 9.: Pluralism in Kashmiri Religious Traditions Mushtaq A. Kaw
* IV. Expressions of Folk Tradition
* 10.: The Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition in the Garhwal Himalaya
D. P. Saklani
* 11.: Folk Expression and Imagination in a Himalayan Festival:
Diversity as Reflected in Kumaoni Holi Girija Pande
* 12.: The Changing Face of Banthda: Folk Drama of Mandi and Suket in
Himachal Pradesh Meenakshi F. Paul
* Contributors
