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Strangers In The Mist: Tales Of War And Peace From India's Northeast. Revised Edition

Strangers in the Mist is a journalist's account of the conflicts and peace efforts in India's northeastern states. Drawing on years of reporting, Sanjoy Hazarika portrays the insurgencies, ethnic tensions and political struggles that have shaped the region since independence, and the ordinary people who live with violence and displacement.

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The book looks at the uneasy relationship between the northeast and the rest of India, at the failures and hopes of peace talks, and at the efforts of communities to find a way forward. Part history and part reportage, it offers a human view of a region often overlooked by the national story.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 387 pages

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