The Author: RAKHEE BHATTACHARYA

Rakhee Bhattacharya is an economist and fellow in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, India. Her area of interest is India's North-East, and is presently working on security and development issues of North-East India. She is a former Australian Endeavour Post Doctoral Fellow. Her articles and publications encompass the areas of development, disparity, poverty, regional economies, conflicts and economy of insurgency. She has published her book on 'Development Disparities in North-East India' and edited many other volumes.

Binoda Kumar Mishra is a Fellow at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, India. His research interests include traditional and non-traditional security issues in South Asia; India's external relationship with special reference to China; developmental politics; and diaspora studies.

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