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Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition

Life and Society along the India-China Borderland

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Editors:
  1. M. Mayilvaganan

    1. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru, India

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  2. Nasima Khatoon

    1. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru, India

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  3. Sourina Bej

    1. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru, India

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  • Focuses on the socio-cultural life of the Monpa community

  • Offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary information on the strategic Tawang borderland

  • Gathers informed insights from a diverse group of leading scholars

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Life and Society on the Edge of Tibet

    • M. Mayilvaganan
    Pages 1-12

  3. Situating the Sino-Indian Border of Tawang in the Border Studies Discourse

    • Sherin Ajin
    Pages 13-27

  4. Tawang and the Mon in their Borderlands: A Historical Overview

    • Neeru Nanda
    Pages 29-44

  5. Standing at the Himalayan Crossroads

    • Claude Arpi
    Pages 45-58

  6. Monpas, Tawang Monastery and Tibetan Buddhism: Ethno-Religious Links

    • Tsetan Namgyal
    Pages 59-70

  7. Lifestyle and Health Issues among the Monpas of Tawang

    • M. Mayilvaganan
    Pages 71-87

  8. Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation Practices in Tawang

    • Nasima Khatoon
    Pages 89-102

  9. Infrastructuring Arunachal Pradesh Borderlands: A Case of Tawang Borderland

    • Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman
    Pages 103-113

  10. Hydropower Projects in Tawang: Concerns and Flood Proximity Estimation Using GIS Analysis

    • Amit Mukherjee
    Pages 115-133

  11. Locked in Hydropolitics: Understanding the Local Protests and Differing Dynamics in Tawang

    • Sourina Bej
    Pages 135-151

  12. Arunachal Pradesh in India-China Relations: Trends in Chinese Behaviour and their Implications

    • Jabin T. Jacob
    Pages 153-162

  13. Border Community and Border Management: A Case of Tawang Tract

    • Pushpita Das
    Pages 163-176
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About this book

This book presents various facets of border life in the strategic eastern sector of the India-China frontier, i.e. the Monpas of Tawang. It addresses the history of the Monpas’ transnational cultural and religious interaction. The respective chapters cover diverse topics such as culture, religion, the environment, border management, and social activism. The book offers a compelling analysis of Mon identity, their lifestyles in transition, and the reach of development politics in the Tawang borderland. It maximizes the reader's insights into development works in borderlands. This book is an essential guide for students, scholars, activists, policy makers, and anyone interested in learning about this unique geographical borderland of Monpa.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru, India

    M. Mayilvaganan, Nasima Khatoon, Sourina Bej

About the editors

M. Mayilvaganan is an Associate Professor in International Strategic and Security Studies Programme at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. He was a former visiting senior lecturer at Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia, where he taught South Asia in International Relations, Modern Warfare and International Politics and Associate Fellow at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi. He has published in the areas related to India’s Neighborhood and Indo-Pacific. His fields of academic interest are strategic and security issues concerning India's neighborhood, Indo-Pacific, foreign policies of India, China, Japan and the US, Borderland and non-traditional security issues.


Nasima Khatoon is a Research Associate in International Strategic and Security Studies Programme at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru.  Her areas of research include nuclear diplomacy, national security, and West Asia.

Sourina Bej is a Research Associate in International Strategic and Security Studies Programme at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her research interest is on water governance, climate change, identity and development politics in South Asia. She has also worked as a correspondent-cum-copy editor at The Times of India, Chennai.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition

  • Book Subtitle: Life and Society along the India-China Borderland

  • Editors: M. Mayilvaganan, Nasima Khatoon, Sourina Bej

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4346-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4345-6Published: 12 June 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4348-7Published: 12 June 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4346-3Published: 11 June 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 176

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anthropology, Biotechnology, Development Studies

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