Northeast India: a reader

Northeast India is a multifaceted and dynamic region that is constantly in focus because of its fragile political landscape characterized by endemic violence and conflicts. One of the first of its kind, this reader on Northeast India examines myriad aspects of the region - its people and its linguistic and cultural diversity. The chapters here highlight the key issues confronted by the Northeast in recent times: its history, politics, economy, gender equations, migration, ethnicity, literature and traditional performative practices. The book presents interlinkages between a range of socio-cultural issues and armed political violence while covering topics such as federalism, nationality, population, migration and social change. It discusses debates on development with a view to comprehensive policies and state intervention. With its a nuanced and wide-ranging overview, this volume makes new contributions to understanding a region that is critical to the future of South Asian geopolitics. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of contemporary Northeast India as well as history, political science, area studies, international relations, sociology and social anthropology. It will also appeal to those interested in public administration, regional literature, cultural studies, population studies, development studies and economics.

List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements. Introduction / Bhagat Oinam and Dhiren A. Sadokpam. Part 1 Armed political violence : Nationalist ideology, militarization and human rights in the Northeast / Kamal Mitra Chenoy -- Armed opposition groups in Northeast India: the splinter scenario / Patrick Hoenig and K. Kokho. Part 2 The extraordinary law and its impact : Violence and terror under AFSPA 1958 and the people's movement against it / Malem Ningthouja -- People's conversation on truth, justice and reparation / Anjuman Ara Begum. Part 3 National questions : Assamese nationality qustion / Sajal Nag -- Challenges and predicaments of Naga nationalism / H. Srikanth and C.J. Thomas -- Narrating the nation in Manipur: reproduction of a historical question / A. Noni Meetei. Part 4 Land and territoriality : Land and ethnicity: a study of Manipur and its neighbourhood / Lokendra Arambam -- Politics of land alienation and problem of its restoration in Tripura / Khakchang Debbarma. Part 5 Migration and ethnicity : Illegal Bangladeshi migration into the NOrtheast: policy making, politics and road blocks / Bibhu Prasad Routray -- Employment, unempl…