From: kanchan mukhopadhyay
To: andamanicobar-owner@...
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 8:17 PM
Subject: introduction


I am an anthropologist working for Anthropological Survey of India. I started my
career in 1982 at the Port Blair centre of the Survey. During the next two years
I worked among the rehabilitated Bengalee population in the Andaman Islands.
My second phase of work in the islands started in 1998, a very important
juncture in the history of contact with the Jarawas. Me and my colleagues tried
to witness and document the happenings, as much as we could. We were fortunate
enough to participate in the 'Jarawa Study' under the directive of Kolkata High
Court.
I have visited some parts of the Nicobar Islands as well. I feel, while
discussing the isles, we often pay less attention to the southern group than
north. The Shompens are discussed much less than the Negrito populations of the
Andamans.
After so many years of my association with the islands, I feel I could learn
very little about them. I am surethe debates in this group would offer me many
opportunities to learn many more things about the islands and the islanders.


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