The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture

The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture, Bookwell, 2013.   This book brings together a number of essays dealing with various aspects of Kuki politics and culture. The objectives are to understand and highlight the traditional system of Kuki politics and administration, trace the genesis and evolution of Kuki autonomy movements in Northeast India, and to assess the value […]

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The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War

The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War (Routledge, 2019) This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It underlines how of the three-year war (1917–1919), spanning over 6,000 square miles, is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. The […]

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India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast

India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast (Sage Publications, 2015) The Why, What and Where of India’s Look East Policy and the Role of Northeast … And then one day a wall in Berlin came down. Bipolar world became multi polar, calling for greater regional integration. Foreign policy choices were reoriented and India was no exception. It had begun to […]

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