Che in Paona Bazaar :tales of exile and belonging from India's North-east

By: Kishalay BhattacharjeeMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London MacMillan 2013Description: 241pISBN: 9789382616047 Subject(s): Manners and customs Northeastern India Politics and governmentDDC classification: 320.95417 Summary: North-East India is not an Imagined community, separated from the politics and policies that govern the rest of the country. It is as real as the violence that has torn the land apart, leaving its people grappling for a semblance of normalcy, if nothing else. The north-east isn't just a hotbed for insurgency and deadly casual encounters, a stopover on every international rock band's schedule, or where used syringes lie waiting in dark alleys. There are other realities as well- of forbidden love, weddings, fascinating cuisines, childhood memories and other 'unimportant stories' that never made it to our newspapers and television screens.
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North-East India is not an Imagined community, separated from the politics and policies that govern the rest of the country. It is as real as the violence that has torn the land apart, leaving its people grappling for a semblance of normalcy, if nothing else. The north-east isn't just a hotbed for insurgency and deadly casual encounters, a stopover on every international rock band's schedule, or where used syringes lie waiting in dark alleys. There are other realities as well- of forbidden love, weddings, fascinating cuisines, childhood memories and other 'unimportant stories' that never made it to our newspapers and television screens.

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