About The Author

Sanjoy Hazarika is an author, journalist, filmmaker, and professor, from the region of Assam. He has also authored Bhopal: The Lessons of a Tragedy, Writing on the Wall: Reflections on the North-East and Rites Of Passage. Hazarika was born in 1954 in Shillong. He is a Consulting Editor for the Statesman, and has previously worked for Associated Press and The New York Times, as well as a Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He has created many documentary films on the north eastern region. Hazarika is also a former member of India s National Security Advisory Board.