Simmy Kaur

Panjab University, Chandigarh(India), Anthropology, doctorate

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I have done graduation and post-graduation, and a doctoral degree in Anthropology. My specialization is in social-cultural anthropology. my master's dissertation was on the food taboos and food habits of the local residents in rural Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. My doctoral topic was Symbols of the Subaltern: An Anthropological study of Gaddi assertion in Bharmaur, Himachal Pradesh India. I am looking forward to post-doctorate abroad.
I have worked as a scientist-B in the government institute i.e. Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. I have worked in the area of tribal health.
Supervisors: Dr. Abhik Ghosh
Phone: 9876717947
Address: DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
PANJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH-160014
INDIA

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Pastoralists of the Himalayas

South Asian Anthropologist, 2019

This research paper discusses about the Gaddi, a pastoral community of the Bharmaur region, a tri... more This research paper discusses about the Gaddi, a pastoral community of the Bharmaur region, a tribal dominated region of Himachal Pradesh. The author presents the historical and the religio-mythological aspects of the community, their ecosystem practices, traditional myths and beliefs that have influenced their life style. The Gaddi is a semi-nomadic agro-pastoral community engaged in pastoralism and agricultural activities on varying seasons. The author has looked upon the socioeconomic structure of the society with special reference to caste structure, religious mythological practices and occupational patterns of Gaddis that is very close to their ecosystem. The study was conducted in the Bharmaur tribal region of Himachal Pradesh from the different villages including Bharmaur, Holi, Quarsi, Malkota and Kugti and others. The focus of this paper covers how they influence or are influenced by the traditional belief systems in the present state of government run development programmes for transformation and modernization. The established knowledge system of Gaddi pastoral cycle which is very close to their deity institutions make them live with the mythological beliefs governing pastoralism.