About the Author Subir Biswas is the Professor & Head, Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal. Earlier, he was an Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology of North Bengal University (since 2001). His areas of interests are Anthropological Demography, Health and Bioethics. He has to his credit several research projects of UGC, ICSSR, CWS (NBU), UGC-IUC associateship at IIAS, Shimla, and successfully guided five doctorate scholars. He has published four edited books as well as several research articles of anthropological interests published in national and international journals.

Abhijit Das is a student of Anthropology, obtained his M.Sc and Ph.D. Degree from the University of Calcutta. Dr. Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, West Bengal. He has successfully guided one Ph.D. scholars, and has over 14 years of teaching experience in Anthropology. His areas of teaching and research interests include tribal culture, rural society and culture along with different fields of Modern Socio-Cultural Anthropology. He has published a number of research papers and articles (both in English and Bengali) in the reputed local, national, and international journals and books.