Order in Chaos: Essays on Conflict in India’s Northeast and the Road to Peace in South Asia –edited by Wasbir Hussain. Spectrum Publications, Guwahati/New Delhi (2006), pages 175, Price 596 (ISBN 81-8344-018-5)

About the Book

South Asia is among the world’s ethnic hotspots where groups of people are perennially engaged in the quest for identity or nationality formation, often taking recourse to violent armed uprisings against the states. India’s Northeast, wedged between Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China’s Tibet region, is a microcosm of all the problems and challenges facing South Asia today.

The book takes stock of the conflicts in South Asia as a whole, while going into the specific problems facing Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, besides the complex issues of insurgency and trans-border terror in India’s Northeast. It also looks at the prospects or the possibility of an economic integration of India’s far eastern frontier with the booming economies in the South Asian neighbourhood.

The writers, all well-known experts on the South Asian peace and conflict scenario, analyses the conflicts, detailing their various dimensions and documenting facts, both known and unknown, in perspective. The essays give readers a broad picture of the prevailing situation in South Asia and can be of help to peace-makers and governments alike as they embark on the road to peace.

 

Contents

Preface

The Writers

SECTION I

Introduction

SECTION II

The South Asian Scenario

1. Conflict Dynamics in South Asia and Approach to Peace
  SRIDHAR K. KHATRI
2. Bangladesh: Challenges to Peace
  SHAHEDUL ANAM KHAN
3. Sri Lanka: Negotiating the Road to Peace
  AMEEN IZZADEEN
4. Nepal : Governance Vs Insurgent Politics
  RAM S. MAHAT

SECTION III

India’s Northeast: The Challenges

5. Challenges of Peace Building in India’s Northeast: A Holistic Perspective
  PARTHA S. GHOSH
6. Insurgency sans Borders: An Analysis of Separatist Insurrections in India’s Northeast
  WASBIR HUSSAIN
7. Negotiating Insurgency and Holding On To Peace in Mizoram
  L.T. PUDAITE
8. Ethno-Nationalism in India’s Northeast
  BINALAKSHMI NEPRAM
9. Militancy and Education
  INDIRA GOSWAMI
10. Transnational Connections with South and South-east Asian Neighbours: Scenario from Northeast India
  NANI G. MAHANTA