One problem which has been in prominence in most of the states in northeastern region is the rise of sectarianism and growth of micro-nationalism characterized by the agenda of exclusivist identities. Such negative ethnic assertion considerably affects inter-community and intra-community relations at both the inter-state and intra-state level among its various ethnos. This book gives a detailed narrative of the prolonged inter-community conflicts that Manipur witnessed in the last decades of the twentieth century the ramifications of which continues to be felt till the present day, the process of reconciliation for restoring peace and normalcy, its bearing with the subsequent such conflicts that occurred elsewhere in the other part of the region and suggests a way out from such man-made catastrophe.