CONTENTS: Acknowledgements, About the Contributors, Abbreviations, 1. Introduction: Revisiting History and Pathways to Peace in Northeast India-Noihrit Gogoi, 2. Where Does All the Blood Come from in History?-Sajal Nag, SECTION I: HISTORY AND CONFLICT IN NORTHEAST INDIA: 3. Assam-Arunachal Pradesh Border Dispute: Historical Justifications and Narratives of Territorial Claims-Lob Singh and Ranjita Chakraborty, 4. AFSPA 1958 and its role in Prolonging Conflict in North East India-Anjuman Ara Begum, 5. Representing Conflict: A Comparative Study of National and Local Media Coverage of Mizoram's 1967 Relocation Crisis-Lalnunkimi Colney, SECTION II: HISTORY AND IDENTITY CONFLICTS: 6. The Politics of Othering in the birth of Mizoram: Its Role in Conflict and Peacekeeping-R Lalhriatpuli, 7. Forgotten Histories and Media Narratives: Social Exclusion and Identity Politics in Assam through the lens of the 1983 Nellie Massacre-Debashree Saikia and Joyshree Saikia, SECTION III: HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND THE CONFLICT IN MANIPUR: 8. Land, Conflict, and Reconciliation: Revisiting Historical Narratives in Manipur-Leivon Albert Lamkang, 9. Intractable Conflicts and the Role of History: The Kuki-Meitei Conflict in Manipur and the Way Forward-Savy George, 10. Analysing the Manipur Conflict: Indigeneity, Ethnic Divide, and Violence-Cecilia K Singson, SECTION IV: GENDERED PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY AND CONFLICT: 11. Looking Back at Rambuai: Conflict, Identity and the Negotiation of Masculinity-C Lalmuansanga, 12. Women and War: Silent History in Esterine Kire's Mari-Elbani L Hrangkhol and Anannya Nath, 13. The Tezpur Mahila Samiti and the Politics of the Archives, 1918-1947: A Feminist Interrogation-Ruhi Kashyap, SECTION V: REWRITING HISTORY AS A PATH TO RECONCILIATION: 14. Land, Identity, and History: Examining the Karbi-Bihari Conflict-Preity Soreng and Sarah Phangchopi, Index.