In a diverse series of reflections on the state of the Northeast in the wake of these events, the contributors address such topics nationhood, identity, and the complex factors that alienate the region from the rest of India. Their intensely personal responses and informed political assessments illuminate the changes, asymmetries and fault lines that continue to cause potentially violent rifts. Some of these writers, academics, and activists grew up in the Northeast, while others are outsiders—but all share a passion for the area and an intense desire for peace.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Engaging with the Northeast: The ‘outsider’ looks ‘in’
PREETI GILL
1. Northeast India: Beyond Counterinsurgency and Developmentalism
SANJIB BARUAH
2. From a Reporter’s Diary: An Introduction to Northeast India
RUPA CHINAI
3. In Times of Conflict the Real Victims are Women
SANJOY HAZARIKA
4. Arunachal Pradesh – The Insurgency Scene
MAMANG DAI
5. Tree Sans Roots? The Story of Khasi-Jaintia Borderlanders
SANJEEB KAKOTY
6. Shifting Sands: Negotiations, Compromises and Rights in Situations of Armed Conflict
ROSHMI GOSWAMI
7. ‘Benevolent Subordination’: Social Status of Naga Women
TEMSULA AO
8. Khasi Matrilineal Society: The Paradox Within
ESTHER SYIEM
9. Status of Mizo Women
LAL DENA
10. Meira Paibi: The Role of Women’s Movements in Meitei Society
NANDINI THOCKCHOM
11. Crab Theology: Women, Christianity and Conflict in the ‘Northeast’
V. SAWMVELI and ASHLEY TELLIS
12. Contested Fields: Reflections on Gender and Development in Northeastern India
SUMI KRISHNA
13. Socio-economic Realities in Nagaland
RAHUL GOSWAMI
14. Conflicts and Constructive Work: Strengthening Civil Society in the Northeast
MONICA BANERJEE
15. HIV and Women in the Northeast
SHYAMALA SHIVESHWARKER
16. ‘Even if we shout there is no one to hear’: Reproductive Health Issues among the Marginalized Population of Nagaland
RUPA CHINAI
17. Health and Torture
P. NGULLY
18. Restoring Order in Manipur: The Drama of Contemporary Women’s Protests
DEEPTI PRIYA MEHROTRA
19. Who Killed Mother Teresa? Children of the Conflict
MITRA PHUKAN
20. Women Writing in Times of Violence
TILOTTOMA MISRA
21. Performance: The Gendered Space in Manipur
N. VIJAYALAKSHMI BRARA
22. Manipur Burning: Voices in Protest
23. The Flight of the 18 White Egrets
M. K. BINODINI
24. Red is the Colour of Blood
EASTERINE IRALU
25. Dealing with Conflict and Violence: The Power of Attitude
SUMITA GHOSE
26. Mosaic: Four Interviews
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements