Short Summary in English – “The Evolution of the Mising Script” by Dr. Dipok Kumar Doley,…
Mising Community Researchers' Collective Posts
The introduction of the Mising medium in primary schools in Assam have to be understood holistically and contextualized in its historical struggle and power politics.
The aːbangs are an under-researched area, and coming from the under-developing and endangered communities, it makes the aːbangs more vulnerable to getting extinct. An introduction to the a:bangs of the Tani community is interpreted which includes the explanation of the deities as well as the migration of the Tani community.
Low education, limited livelihood options, poor access to modern services, and inequitable access to productive resources among the Mising reduce the communities’ capacity to cope with climate-related natural disasters. Further high dependent on the climate-sensitive agricultural sector (83.7% as per the census of India 2011) makes them highly vulnerable to climate change.