Synopsis The North-East India, India’s north-eastern part, which is constituted seven states, namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, is popularly known as Seven Sisters. In this region a large number of ethnic groups with varied ethnicity and genetic make up live. They have different types of settlements, different livelihood patterns, different social structures, life-cycle patterns, different systems of social control, different religions and ethnics. Through this book we have tried to show past and present life-style of the people of this region. Twenty-three articles of this book have highlighted creation myth, constitutional provisions, Pandit Nehru’s policy, prehistory, environmental issues, biogenetical make up, and cultural pattern of the people of North-East India. This is possibly the only book on north-East India that has incorporated articles with such varied themes, and renowned and highly experienced scholars and academicians have contributed their thought-provoking articles on different aspects of the people of north-eastern part of India. Here lies the importance of this book. Not only the scholars and academicians but also the planners, administrators and general readers will find this book very interesting, important and useful.