TY - BOOK AU - Tilak Ranjan Bera (ed.) TI - ANDAMAN ISLANDS: In Wonderland SN - 9789383098651 U1 - 915.48804 PY - 2015////01/01 CY - New Delhi PB - Niyogi KW - Travel KW - India--Andaman Islands KW - Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs N1 - The Book "the Andaman Islands: In Wonderland" written by ophthalmologist and amateur photographer Tilak Ranjan Bera, presents the fascinating stories of natural grandeur and lives of aboriginals in a lucid way to the non-specialist readers. This book is systematically organized with chapters on diverse range of issues such as, history of the British settlement, anthropological depictions of Andamanese aboriginals, post-tsunami disaster management and human settlement strategies, and natural grandeur of floras and faunas in the Andaman Islands. This book is produced in a photo-documentation style to grasp basic understandings on the islands and islanders. This book helps in understanding great Andamanese traditions, languages, cultural practices, floras and faunas. This book is also helpful to public policymakers, planners, social scientists and anthropologists for understanding socio-cultural fabrics of this union territory. A nice read for travelers and wayfarers visiting Andaman and Nicobar islands and surrounding archipelago in the Bay of Bengal ER -