Will the Northeast always be India’s forgotten land?

The Northeast of India is currently one of those regions that international magazines suggest, you should visit before you die. The Lonely PlanetIndiatravel guide gives a rather fetching description of the region: “Thrown across the farthest reaches of India, obscured from the greater world by ageless forests and formidable mountain ranges, the Northeast states are one of Asia’s last great natural and anthropological sanctuaries.”