symposium participants

• The Problem
  Posed by Sanjib Baruah, Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

• NORTHEAST INDIA IN A NEW ASIA
  Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

• ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OR CONTINUING STAGNATION
  Sushil Khanna, Professor of Economics and Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata

• WATERS OF DESPAIR, WATERS OF HOPE
  Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, Centre for Northeast Studies and Policy Research, New Delhi and Guwahati

• PROSPECTS FOR TOURISM
  M.P. Bezbaruah, Former Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

• OPERATION HORNBILL FESTIVAL 2004
  Dolly Kikon, Member, Working Group, Northeast Peoples' Initiative, Guwahati

• GUNS, DRUGS AND REBELS
  Subir Bhaumik, East India Correspondent, BBC, Kolkata

• A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  Jayeeta Sharma, Assistant Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

• TERRITORIALITIES YET UNACCOUNTED
  Karin Dean, Asia Correspondent, 'Postimees', Bangkok

• COMMUNITY, CULTURE, NATION
  Mrinal Miri, Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong

• THE TAI-AHOM CONNECTION
  Yasmin Saikia, Assistant Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

• THE ETHNIC DIMENSION
  Samir Kumar Das, Reader, Department of Political Science, Calcutta University

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Nandana Datta, Dulali Nag, Bodhisattva Kar, Nimmi Kurian and M.S. Prabhakara 

• FURTHER READING
  Compiled by Sukanya Sharma, Fellow, Centre for Northeast India, South and Southeast Asia Studies, Guwahati

• COMMUNICATION
  Received from C.P. Bhambhri and B.K. Banerji

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