Indian Name - Northeast and East Indian Names

Northeast and East Indian Names

Family names in the northeast and east of India are most commonly originally derived from professions in the caste system.

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    “Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee;
    And was the safeguard of the West:”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “When an Indian is burned, his body may be broiled, it may be no more than a beefsteak. What of that? They may broil his heart, but they do not therefore broil his courage,—his principles. Be of good courage! That is the main thing.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “No, no! I don’t, I don’t want to know your name. You don’t have a name, and I don’t have a name, either. No names here. Not one name.”
    —Bernardo Bertolucci (b. 1940)