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About The Book

A killer can kill again. But can the dead die again? Yes, in Nellie, they can.

It was here, in Assam, that thousands were butchered in broad daylight and swiftly consigned to silence. The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam, in India’s North-East, on the morning of 18 February 1983, claiming 3,000 to 4,000 human lives, mostly babies, infants, toddlers, women and older people.

International Dadagiri moves through this volatile triangle: India’s North-East in the middle, with unsettled Bangladesh and fractured Myanmar under a military junta on either side, where geography becomes a theatre of power. At its centre stands Assam, the gateway to the eastern frontier. Here history lingers with unfinished intent.

Unsettling signals from four-time Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suggest that this region is not merely observed, but watched, weighed, and quietly shaped, while its new Prime Minister exudes rays of hope.

From the shifting currents of Bangladesh’s politics to the layered complexities of North-East India and Myanmar (Burma), the narrative extends beyond its immediate borders. Distant fault lines, from Venezuela to the Strait of Hormuz, begin to echo a different pattern.

What lies behind this unsettling chain of events?

About The Author

Author Subir, born in 1950 in Meghalaya’s picturesque capital, Shillong, is a science graduate with an honour in Physics. The septuagenarian had a distinguished 35-year career in banking before making his debut in the literary field at 70+. He is also a storyteller, and his tales are based on historical facts supported by reliable references and authentic sources.

His uncanny knack for looking at the weird happenings and delving into them to uncover the truths led him to write this book. Subir’s extensive travels across the seven northeastern states during his banking career to fulfil official commitments offered him a lot of scope to interact with the region’s diverse tribes and communities, numbering over 200. Thus, he gained a deep insight into the region’s various distinctiveness and unconventionality, enabling him to get a clearer perception of the places and their people across the seven states, also known as the seven sisters. These experiences, combined with his fascination for finding truths, inspired him to explore the current fabrications of the popular narratives concerning how the Bengalis overwhelmed the natives of North-East India. His painstaking research on it and the passion for storytelling culminated in the emergence of this book.