The terms border and boundary are physical in origin.The original imagery is not quite abandonedand is even intentionally played outwhen the terms are used in reference to culture. Cultural border and boundary often connote the border and boundary of a nation, a state or a tribal community, which are clearly identifiable markers. The equation between a culture and a territory has dominated the discourse in anthropology.Changing borders and boundaries are not a new phenomenon. Most tend to think of maps as inviolate and certain, but the dimensions of the international system have changed dramatically over time and are frequently ill defined. Transformations of identities as a result of changes in the world system deeply affect the functions of national borders. In fact,every geographical boundary combines these functions in different proportions.Physical and material flows, transfers and interactions ensuring social reproduction now shape the nature of national boundaries.The book may be found useful for those who have interest in the subject and the region.
About the author
Col. T.N. Marwah (Retd.) (ASC) B.Tech. (Kharagpur) Commissioned into the Army on 16th July 1971. He has been thorough professional and dynamic leader and immensely popular. He has been visiting faculty at a reputed elite army institution Defence Service Staff College Wellington as a Colonel. He has penned several articles and published in various reputed journals and magazines.
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