ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
My thanks are due to many who contributed in many ways to the present
work. I am much grateful to my informants Messrs. Khoda Gyati and Tatu Tayung
and other Apatani friends Messrs. Hage Tadde, Tasso Sai, Dani Duri, Michi Tagia, Kago Chanda, Hage
Tatum, Hage Tatung and Nani Challa who were very helpful during the collection of Apatani materials
for this study. |
I
am thankful to Mr. Syiem, the then Deputy Commsioner, Ziro; Mr.
Hussain, then ADC, Ziro; Mr. K. Kumar, then District Research Officer,
Ziro; and Mr. R. R. Singh, then Headmaster of Government HIgh School
, Ziro; who extended full co-operation during my field work in Apatani
plateau. I am deeply indebted to Messrs. K. Unnikrishnan, K. M.
Kathukutty, Krishna Kurup, R. C. Menon and V. C. Varghese, who helped
me in many ways during my stay in Arunachal.
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I
am profoundly thankful to Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, the then Director,
for the encouragement and overall guidace of the present work. I
am much grateful to Dr. E. Annamalai, Director, CIIL, who has gone
through the present study and suggested many modifications for improvement.
My thanks are due to Dr. K. S. Gurubasave Gowda, Reader-cum-Research
Officer, CIIL, and other colleagues of mine for their help. |
I
am grateful to Mr. N. H. Itagi, for drawing the map of the Apatani
area included in this work. My thaks are due to the members of the
administrative staff of CIIL for their help and to Mr. C. S. Giri,
for typing the manuscript. I am grateful to Mr. H. L. N. Bharati,
Assistant Director(Admn.) and Incharge Press, for seeing it through
the press and the staff of CIIL press for executing the printing. |
I
am thankful to Mr. V. Gopal, who type-composed the manuscript neatly. |
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T. Abraham |
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