She is a sociologist by training. Her special field of interest is Developmental Sociology, Cultural Anthropology and Gender Studies. The Northeast region has been her main area of study for the last 20 years, which includes her Doctoral research work. She has been working with the rural populace on issues of development, gender and local self-governance. Her book Politics, Society and Cosmology in India’s North – East, was published by Oxford University Press in 1998. E-mail: vbrara11@gmail.com Comments