Maguni Charan Behera - Tribal Studies in India

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Editing a volume of editors own choice is a very challenging venture. It is not an easy task to identify willing contributors on the theme. The time at the disposal of willing contributors may not fit into the time schedule of publication of the volume. At such a juncture, a few agree to permit the reproduction of earlier published articles. So, obtaining permission from author and copyright holders often turns out to be a challenging exercise. Then, the greatest hurdle that stands ahead is selection of a good publisher. Obviously, a great number of people directly and indirectly involve in making the publication of an invited edited volume successful. All of them owe me obligations. I wish I could name all of them here religiously!

However, I would like to put on record my highest sense of gratitude I owe to Professor B.K. Tripathy, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, and Professor M.C. Arun, Manipur University, for their encouragement.

I sincerely acknowledge the help I received from Dr. Dignata Hati Baruaha, Assistant Professor in Political Science, North Lakihmpur College, Lakihmpur, on whatever matter I approached him.

Two papers in this volume are reprints for which necessary permission is obtained from the respective editor(s), publishers and author(s), as applicable. I am grateful to all of them. Due acknowledgement is placed in the footnote of the title page of the respective papers.

I take this opportunity to put on record my highest sense of gratitude to all the contributors to the volume. Without their cooperation and contributions, it would not have been possible to bring out this volume in one piece. I am grateful to all of them.However, the editor is not responsible in any way for the arguments, discussions and opinions expressed by the authors in their respective papers.

This volume is peer-reviewed. Papers included in this volume were reviewed by experts in the field and sent to the respective authors with comments, observations and suggestions for improvement. The editor is grateful to the reviewers for their comments in order to see the volume as a quality work and to the authors for the revisions and improvement.

The editor is also grateful to Springer for timely publication of this volume.