North-East in Benthic Zone

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. A brief history of North East India. 2. Political economy of North-East. 3. Guerrilla action of major insurgent groups. 4. Counter insurgency operations. 5. Changing scenario national security, development and peace in the North-East India. 6. Conclusion. Index.

"The Benthic Zone, i.e., the deepest part of the sea, the benthos in their struggle for survival have themselves evolved to have their own ray in order to find their survival needs in the dark which otherwise would have become extinct due to starvation. It is metaphorsied with the armed struggle in the region which rises its head as an antithesis borne out of the unequal and exploitative treatment to the Northeasterner meted out by the mainstream coupled with the power hegemony of the later. But as attentive public and applied intellectuals, we are duty-bound to seek solutions to such vexed problems of the region. The present work is a modest attempt to anticipate some fresh thinking on the resilient insurrections for higher political status experiencing in the region. Lastly, any proposition for possible solution to the impasse calls for sacrifice from the part either of the dialectical counter-parts. In this book an alternative paradigm to the genesis of all these problems are put forward for consideration." (jacket)