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Using Bayesian updating to deterministic priors persistence of fundamentalist belief like those in the mind of a terrorist is explained. Under such belief system if conditional evidence is diametrically opposite and also deterministic then a process of change will set in and in the present war against terrorism this can be effectively done through Islamic religious authorities. In situations where interaction is the basis, self-defeating scenarios can be avoided by giving space to others'. Thus, in the political sphere one has to be accommodative about the concerns of Middle East, this will also make things easier for intervention through Islam.

Based on colonial records, ethnographic studies, & fieldwork conducted in 1978-1988, an overview of the economic status & societal relationships of peasant tribal communities in rural northeastern India is presented. The geography of the region, traditional customs of the villagers, & the agrarian system are described, & impacts of state-sponsored development programs, the increasing presence of market forces, & the rapidly increasing tribal population explored. It is concluded that a transition from shifting agriculture, common property, & collectivity to permanent property & the accumulation of personal income & wealth is occurring, & will ultimately cause the disappearance of the traditional tribal community. 3 Photographs, 25 References. Modified AA

The tribal peasant communities of India's north-east region, whose traditional economy of shifting agriculture rested on the principles of common, community property in land, reciprocity, sharing, labour co-operation and kinship and was largely self-sufficient, has been giving way to an economy of permanent, settled agriculture based on private property in land, personal income and wealth. (SJK)