Northeast India: a Reader

"Northeast India is a multifaceted and dynamic region that is constantly in focus because of its fragile political landscape characterised 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 essays 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 interventions in understanding a region that is critical to the future of South Asian geopolitics."--Provided by publisher.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Armed political violence; 1 Nationalist ideology, militarization and human rights in the Northeast; 2 Armed opposition groups in Northeast India: The splinter scenario; PART II The extraordinary law and its impact; 3 Violence and terror under AFSPA 1958 and the people's movement against it; 4 People's conversation on truth, justice and reparation; PART III National questions; 5 Assamese nationality question; 6 Challenges and predicaments of Naga nationalism

7 Narrating the nation in Manipur: Reproduction of a historical questionPART IV Land and territoriality; 8 Land and ethnicity: A study of Manipur and its neighbourhood; 9 Politics of land alienation and problem of its restoration in Tripura; PART V Migration and ethnicity; 10 Illegal Bangladeshi migration into the Northeast: Policy making, politics and road blocks; 11 Employment, unemployment, job aspiration and migration: Some reflections of Tangkhul migrants to Delhi; PART VI Federal politics; 12 Salvaging autonomy in India's Northeast: Beyond the Sixth Schedule way

13 Autonomy for tribal c…