... ). D. THE GUN THEORY Marvin Davis has taken Marriott and Inden's concept of coded-substance and used it to help him construct a similar theory from the viewpoint of Hindus from West Bengal. Davis learned of this folk theory largely from interviewing Bengali Hindus, but the theory is also drawn from Hindu holy books, including the Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana, Purusukta, and ... Manu Dharmasastra (7). Since these works are widely known in India, it is likely that his findings apply in other areas besides West Bengal. The Hindus of West Bengal believe that, from the god of cr...

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... land of the Tripuri tribes of Mongolian origin). Except for a narrow corridor running through the foothills of the Himalayas that connects the state with West Bengal, Assam is almost entirely isolated from India. It is located between 900-960 East longitude and 24-38 North latitude. The capital of Assam, is ... long head, tall and well-built, having a fine, long and prominent nose and a fair complexion, who came to Assam from across Bihar and Bengal. All these peculiarities of physiognomy one will encounter in Assam. What we call the Assamese people of today is in fact the result of ass...

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... optimistic for much of tiger habitat. In addition to this estimate of home range size, our available information suggests that, as has been noted by Russian biologists here, and for Bengal tigers in Nepal, adult female tigers are territorial. Therefore, we can expect that every 450 km2 of tiger habitat can maintain only one adult breeding female tiger. These two pieces ... rule is complicated by the fact that these estimates are actually based on "effective population size", which depends upon, among other things, the relative number of young produced by each male and female that surviv...

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... devastating event all depends on what kid is to be had. To have a man-child is to have happiness. It is the want of every family rich or poor. When a male is born it means that a dowry will be received when he is married and the extra help of his wife. Before the young men get a wife though, they must first ... of bamboo leaning up against a cement wall. Over twenty-five percent of the population lives in slums. Some in the city are restless and want a better life. An editor of a Bengal newspaper defended those types of people, "With such problems is it any wonder there is tension and u...

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