The Exodus is Not Over: Migrations from the Ruptured Homelands of Northeast India

By Nandita Haksar

 

Economic deprivation, insurgencies and deadly ethnic clashes have driven thousands of impoverished men and women from the Northeastern region of India to seek a better life in the towns and cities of mainland India and further abroad. Some find themselves working amidst the unimaginable opulence of five-star hotels, casinos and cr

• Language: English
• Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
• Release date: Dec 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9788193307366

Nandita Haksar

'Nandita Haksar' is a human rights lawyer, teacher, campaigner and writer. Her engagement with the people of Northeast India began while studying in Jawaharlal Nehru University in the 1970s. She has represented the victims of army atrocities in the Supreme Court and the High Court and campaigned nationally and internationally against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958. In her capacity as a human rights lawyer, Haksar has helped to organize migrant workers to fight for their rights and voice their grievances. She has written innumerable articles in national dailies and journals and is the author of several books, including 'Nagaland File: A Question of Human Rights' (co-edited with Luingam Luithui) (1984); 'Who Are the Nagas' (2011); 'ABC of Naga Culture and Civilization: A Resource Book' (2011); 'The Judgement That Never Came: Army Rule in Northeast India' (co-authored with Sebastian Hongray) (2011); 'Across the Chicken Neck: Travels in Northeast India' (2013) and 'The Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism: From the Cold War to the Present Day' (2015). Haksar lives in Goa, Delhi and sometimes Ukhrul, with her husband, Sebastian Hongray.