This book aims to understand the link between concerns of redistribution and recognition vis-à-vis ethnic conflict in India, with special reference to the North East region. Discussion at length the recognition as a mode of addressing issues of ethnic diversity and conflict, it examines the provisions in the Indian Constitution regarding recognition as a strategy used in dealing with diversity in the country.

Further it analyses the frameworks of recognition used in North-East India with specific reference to the state of Meghalaya. Dealing with the limits of recognition model in Meghalaya, it also makes a critical examination of conflicting claims in the state.