Subir Bhaumik is BBC's former bureau chief for East & Northeast India and author of three acclaimed books on Northeast India -- 'Insurgent Crossfire', 'Troubled Periphery', and 'Agartala Doctrine'. He is now a senior editor of the Dhaka-based bdnews24.com and a consulting editor for Myanmar's Mizzima group. As a senior fellow with the Kolkata-based Centre for Study in International Relations and Development (CSIRD), he is involved in the Track II K2K process involving Indian and Chinese frontier regions.