Sandhya GoswamiSandhya Goswami is former Professor in the Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam. Currently, she is engaged with a rural-based NGO, SeSTA, working on social issues such as women’s empowerment, literacy,livelihood and social justice. Her principal research interests include democracy, election studies and social movements.

She has authored Language Politics in Assam (1997), co-authored North-East India Development, Communalism and Insurgency (2007), and edited Troubled Diversity: The Political Process in Northeast India (2015). She has also published several research papers in prominent journals and edited books.