Paame encompasses a comprehensive history of the Badaga community residing in the Nilgiris Located in the western ghats of South India. The book covers various aspects like origins, social structure, kula, Gotra,Commune, interaction with the other indigenous communities of the Nilgiris, beliefs, prayers, rituals in matrimony and death, the Calendar, festivals, personages and impact of the British. An immensely readable book ,it is bound to leave the reader content that his thirst for details on this unique community is quenched.A must read for anyone interested in history, anthropology and sociology.