Region

The Northeast

Sikkim, North Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram — a region that remains, in Shiv Kunal Verma's words, a virtual blank on the map for most Indians. The Northeast Trilogy, Assam Rifles and Life and Culture in Northeast India were built to change that.

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The works

The Northeast TrilogyFilling in the blanks on the map — the Northeast in all its complexity.
Life and Culture in Northeast IndiaThe people, culture and heritage of the Northeast — the precursor to the Northeast Trilogy.
Assam RiflesA tribute to the sentinels of the Northeast.
Western ArunachalVolume one of the Arunachal Trilogy — The Sap Runs Perennial, on the Great Himalayan Wall’s easternmost stretch.
Central ArunachalVolume two — Ladders to Heaven, through the tribal belts and terrain of Arunachal’s middle zone.
Eastern ArunachalVolume three — The Wild Green Kingdom, in the Theravada Buddhist and Hindu foothills.
1962: The War That Wasn'tThe honest record of India's Himalayan reckoning with China.