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"This book examines questions of identity, ethnicity, sovereignty and insurgency in northeast India, especially in Assam and its neighbourhood. Written by an academic-journalist, the various articles situate these in their larger social, economic, political and, above all, historical context, the last being especially important in
their becoming a part of colonial India relatively late, well after colonial control was established in the rest of India.
Based on close, ground-level experience involving extensive travel and interaction with the people, this collection is the result of a long journalistic career spanning nearly 50 years in the northeast region. Written in simple, lucid language, the essays cover a range of themes including culture, belief, and identity; homeland and language politics; insurgency and separatism. The volume also achieves a uniquely dual historical value — while the articles include a lot of historical information tracing the roots of the various issues discussed, they themselves range from 1974 to 2010, providing the contemporary reader with a series of historical moments captured in their immediacy."
ISBN - 9780415501644
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Pages : 312
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