The story is loosely based on accounts of rape and witch-hunting I came across during my fieldwork in Kokrajhar, Assam, India. It is set against the backdrop of insurgency, armed conflicts, and peace accords signed in Assam in the past. I have used original names of places and festivals, this work is a piece of fiction.
The book looks at the question of the Tibetan nation from the perspective of Tibetan women in exile and explores their contributions to Tibetan nationalism. It captures the experiences, views, and realities of Tibetan women in exile, drawing from ethnographic interviews with participants in three Tibetan settlements in India.
While Naga women have been active in all spheres of Naga society, social, cultural, and institutional constraints have kept them on the margins of formal politics. In 2023, two Naga women were elected to the 60-member Nagaland Legislative Assembly for the first time, which was hailed as “historic”.
Peace and development in Northeast India are crucial for India’s grand vision for political, social, and economic ties with the Asian region. Durable peace can be achieved by including local actors in formal peace processes, especially women, who have been active agents for peace at the grassroots.
The paper discusses the efforts of the Church, civil society organizations, and individual actors in violence-torn Nagaland post-1947 in conducting faith-based peace mediations between different factions of rebel groups and between the government of India and rebel groups.
