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Is Shared Sovereignty The Future Of Nagaland?
Globalization and inter-dependence have pushed Naga rebels to reassess their goals. Is peace within reach, asks Avalok Langer
Naga rebel leaders with flag. Image Credit: Tehelka
FOR 64 YEARS, the Naga struggle for sovereignty has been based on the idea of ‘urra uvie (our land belongs to us)’. Over...
A Viewpoint On Imphal City & Traffic Problems
Traffic congestion in and around the Khwai bazaar is the direct result of unsystematic and short-sighted character of the state’s planners, whoever they may be Transport Department or Traffic Police. No experiments can reduced the congestion in the said area, as proved by various experiments in the...
Paradigm Of Supra State Body — vis-à-vis The Integrity Of The State Of Manipur
1. Though there had been denial from the Home Minister the Government of India about the Supra State Body, there is no denying the fact that it has been purposefully leaked to gauge the reaction from various quarters may not be too wild a guess! However, it may be worthwhile to remind ourselves of some...
EDITORIAL: Look East Head West? Rehashed Script
The economy of the country is supposed to be galloping at a healthy 8 pc growth and India is among the countries, besides Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa, projected as the next big thing to happen in the world. An emerging star, we may say and this has come about primarily after the country opened...
EDITORIAL: Naga Crusaders: A Bunch Of Jokers Invoking The Four S
The Naga Crusaders. This is the name of the latest entrant to the list of jokers we have in Manipur but with a dangerous agenda. The name itself suggests that these jokers believe or want to pull wool over the eyes of the public by christening themselves ‘crusaders’, crusading for something on behalf...
EDITORIAL: Peace- A Harder Ball Game 1997 To 2011, 14 Year Itch
It is an irony but an educative irony, no doubt, and this learning curve has come not from the vicissitudes of the years spent in the jungles, but more from the days spent in sitting across the table and negotiating with the former foe. It took the NSCN, read the Isak-Muivah faction, more than or nearly...
Inclusion Of Tribal Areas In The Valley —Points Of Objection
The Tamenglong District (as well as all the Hill Districts of Manipur) is covered by the MANIPUR (HILL AREAS) DISTRICT COUNCIL ACT, 1971, which was enacted by the Parliament.
Therefore, any portion of the tribal viI1ages and areas covered under the said Act, cannot be sliced off (cannot be taken out)...
EDITORIAL: The Devil Within! Split Wide Open!
Launching an armed movement on some lofty ideals and ideologies is but just a part of the whole, known as the insurrection. Sustaining the movement is an altogether different kettle of fish and more challenging, if we may add. Apart from the challenges of sustaining a movement, which every rebel leader...
The Nation State And Its Territory
Every nation state, whether it formally came into being within living memory or has been a stable polity for centuries, views itself as a unique and inviolable territorial entity.
The nation state and its territory are symbiotically bound together, inseparable and inviolable. The diminishment of one...
Spirit Of Plebiscite Vs Spirit Of Manipur
1. In this conflict-ridden situation, the announcement by Shri RK Meghen @ Sanayaima, UNLF Chief to hold a plebiscite to end Indo-Manipur confrontation has been construed by various individuals and organizations in divergent ways. Mostly civil society organizations (CSOs) are taking it as a means to...
Response To Ethnic Politics: Beyond The Knee Jerk Reactions
Knee jerk response! That is what sums up the Cabinet decision to disallow the meeting of the NPF at Senapati twice in a short span of 48 hours with full support from other political parties. The implications of that will go in history as one classic example of how governance and political culture in...
