CONTENTS:- Part I. Understanding North-East: 1. Two views of the North-East/Mrinal Miri. 2. North-East: More a lack of understanding/O.N. Shrivastava. Part II. Ethnicity and insurgency in the region: 3. Ethnicity and insurgency in India's North-East/B.B. Kumar. 4. The Insurgent North-East/E.N. Rammohan. 5. Ethnic aspirations and insurgency in the North-Eastern Region of India/H.N. Das. Part III. Ethno-Identity in a democracy: 6. Negotiating ethnic identity in a democracy/Patricia Mukhim. 7. Ethnic autonomy: a challenge to Indian democracy (North-Eastern Experience)/Niru Hazarika. Part IV. Ethnic conflicts: Understanding and resolution: 8. Ethnicity, state and identity: from confrontation to co-existence/Nani G. Mahanta. 9. Naga Peace Talks: New Parameters, fresh challenges: the issue of sovereignty vs autonomy/Udayon Misra. 10. Ethnic problems and inter-state border problems in North-East and solutions/N. Changkakoti. 11. A blueprint for ethnic reconciliation in Tripura Decommission the Gumti Hydel Project for a start/Subir Bhaumik. Part V. Perspective on ethnic issues: 12. Rephrasing the identity question in Manipur/Pradip Phanjoubam. Part VI. Issues of identity and governance: 13. Ethnicity and self-governance in the North-East/B.D. Sharma. 14. Communities in search of identities in Sikkim/A.C. Sinha.
