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Northeast: A 'mini' India rich in natural resources, social capital
Times of India | TNN | Sep 26, 2012, 12.34PM IST
The northeast, which is truly a 'mini' India, is rich not only in natural resources but also in social capital. It is more so in the case of the various tribes, which live in the remote hilly areas of the region, social scientists point out.
"The indigenous people construct their roads with their resource, build hanging bridges - which, though not adequate for the use of four wheel vehicles, serve their own purposes well - to connect one hill with another, administer justice with the help of their customary laws, use herbal medicines to cure diseases, tend to enjoy the benefit of community ownership of land and address the social, environmental problems collectively and seldom long for any help and intervention from the government even at the time of calamity," the paper notes.
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