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This book delves deep into the remarkable journey of the Mizo National Front (MNF), from its origin to what it has become today. With meticulous research and keen analysis, the book offers a compelling narrative of how a marginalized group transformed into a political force that reshaped the destiny of an entire region and an entire race. Through a lens finely tuned to historical context and cultural nuances, the book unearths the motivations and aspirations that propelled the Mizo people to rally behind the MNF's call for autonomy, and ultimately, statehood. Whether you are a political scholar, history aficionado, or simply curious about the transformative power of political parties in regional contexts, this book offers a compelling narrative that unveils the multifaceted layers of the Mizo National Front's legacy. It serves as an indispensable resource for anyone seeking a profound understanding of the interplay between patriotism and nationalism, political ambition, cultural identity and the pursuit of a better future.
This book forwards Assam (and Northeast India) as a specific location for studying operations of gendered power in multi-ethnic, conflict-habituated geopolitical peripheries globally. In the shifting and relational margins of such peripheral societies, power and agency are constantly negotiated and in flux. Notions of masculinity are redefined in an interlaced environment of militarization, hyper-masculinization, and gendered violence. These interconnections inform victimhood and agency among the most vulnerable marginalized constituencies – namely, women and migrants. By centering the marginalized in its inquiry, the book analyzes obstacles to achieving positive, organic peace based on co...
In January 2011, Felani Khatun was shot dead while attempting to cross the border from India to Bangladesh. Her body remained hung on the fence as a warning to those who illegally crossed an international border. Migration to India from the current geographical and political entity called Bangladesh is more than a century old and had begun long before the nation states were created in South Asia. Often termed as ‘foreigners’ and ‘infiltrators’, Bangladeshi migrants such as Felani find their way into India for the promise of a better future. Post 1971, there has been a steady movement of people from Bangladesh into India, both as refugees and for economic need, making this migration a...
Papers presented at an international seminar held at Aizawl.
Filling a clear gap in the literature, this book focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947. It addresses the pressing military and civilian needs in the counterinsurgency arena by focusing on the lessons that can be learned by other states from India’s extensive endeavours.
Originally presented as the author's thesis--University of Oxford.
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