The specific ethno-narratives of various communities of North East India with a wide range of themes; starting from the construction of identities through folk and ethno-narratives to political and historical structuring of ethnic identities have been contributed by scholars, known both for their erudition and commitment, in this volume. Most of the articles have drawn upon a methodology of insider’s and participant perspective in order to portray the experimental aspects of claims of community and identity. The book may be of the interest to those interested in the subject and in the North East India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rajesh Dev
Rajesh Dev teaches Political Science at Women's College, Shillong and was a guest lecturer to the Department of Law, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He had been a UGC Senior Research Fellow at NEHU for his doctoral research. Besides being a contributors of essays to edited volumes and journals like the Economic and Political Weekly, he is one of the Editors of Ethnonarratives: Identity and Experience in Northeast India. Dev contributes to regional and national dailies and has been a Resource Person for IGNOU and the NCERT. He is currently the State Co-ordinator for Meghalaya of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies' Lokniti Programme. He was associated with the Crisis States Programme of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sukalpa Bhattacharjee
Sukalpa Bhattacharjee is lecturer in the Department of English at G.C. College, Silchar and Teacher Associated Fellow at the Inter University Center for Humanities, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla (2000-2003). Her doctoral work is on Fourth World Literature from North-Eastern Hill University. Her publications are in the areas of Multi-ethnic Literatures of United States, Postcolonial Literatures, Ethnic Studies and Human Rights.
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