Northeast India was largely overlooked, even as India looked eastwards for economic and strategic reasons around the early 1990s. Little was known about the land or the 45 million people that inhabited the region to the outside world. The sense of neglect by the government of India and until recently, of limited interest by academia, media or policy makers outside of the region continued as the region simmered in discontentment and underdevelopment. The lack of ...
