NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION about race!(For the Experts)

[Clifford Black]

Tripura is the third-smallest state in India, bordered by the states of Assam and Mizoram and by Bangladesh. The Kokborok-speaking Tripuri people (children pictured) are the major group among 19 tribes and many subtribes; Bengali people form the ethno-linguistic majority. Before becoming part of the newly independent India in 1949, the area was ruled for several centuries by the Tripuri dynasty. Ethnic strife between the indigenous people and Bengalis has been eased by the establishment of an autonomous tribal administrative agency and other strategies. Five mountain ranges run north to south; Agartala, the capital, is located on a plain to the west. Forests cover more than half of the area, in which bamboo and cane tracts are common. Tripura, which has a tropical savanna climate, has the highest number of primate species found in any Indian state. Economic progress is hindered by its geographical isolation – only one major highway connects it with the rest of India. Most residents are involved in agriculture and allied activities. Mainstream Indian cultural elements, especially from Bengali culture, coexist with traditional practices of the ethnic groups. (Full article...)

[Adisa]

I was just listening to one of the experts you mentioned.  Two co workers were discussing another cowoker with origins from India.  The "issue" being discussed was regarding his grasp of the English languge; which according to this expert is the official language in India.  The person he was speaking with found that to be funny and stated he did not realize English is the first language.  I wanted to to speak up but decided to hold onto my pearls.  Interesting how much "information" is passed along without the support of facts to actually true what is being passed along to others.    

[Clifford Black]

@Adisa,---This particular awareness is one of the great things that can be experienced in a lifetime.

B.

[Adisa]

The Andamanese people are the various aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands, a district of India located in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal.

The Andamanese resemble other Negrito groups in Asia. They are pygmies, and are the only modern people outside of certain parts of Africa with steatopygia. They lead a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and appear to have lived in substantial isolation for thousands of years. This degree of isolation is unequaled, except perhaps by the aboriginal inhabitants of Tasmania. The Andamanese are believed to be descended from the migrations which, about 60,000 years ago, brought the first modern humans out of Africa to the Andaman Islands.

[Clifford Black]

Adisa, I wrote quite a bit to you about this subject, I seem to have lost it but I know that you will find the connection of the Adamese to Japan.

B.