About the Book: Absent State
The spiralling crisis in Jammu and Kashmir; the Naxalite-Maoist menace that
seems to be intensifying with every passing day; the disturbing reach of proxy
governments run by militant groups in Manipur and Nagaland today, a quarter of
India is being held hostage by violence and anarchy. What has pushed our country
to the edge? in a series of dispatches from the epicentres of what they call the
countrys battle zones, Neelesh Misra and Rahul Pandita unveil the tensions,
frustrations and challenges that are everyday realities in these troubled
regions-from the widespread misappropriation of development funds in tribal and
remote areas, to lack of