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Nagaland: Revolt Within A Rebellion
Fresh feuding has broken out among Naga rebels twenty-three years after a bloody internecine struggle left scores dead and an insurgency divided. Another split is now threatening to impact on the protracted Naga peace process.
On June 7, 2011, a meeting of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist...
Peace In Sight, ULFA Victims Speak Up
As the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) prepares for peace talks with the Centre, the victims of its terror demand a say in the process.
FOR 18 YEARS, Bhobendra Chandra Kalita, 48, has been lying crippled in his house at Chamatiapara of Assam’s Darrang district. Almost every night, he has nightmares...
Forcing The Issue
NAGALAND chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s 28 May foray into Senapati district of Manipur, which is part of the map of “Nagalim”, despite strong protests from that state government, is like throwing down the gauntlet for Manipuris to pick up. The response will be interesting to watch. Rio had ostensibly...
Manipur’s New Party May Root For Greater Nagaland
Launch party: The event that shook Manipur. Image Credit: UB Photos
EMOTIONS ARE running high and rhetoric is thick in the air in state capitals Kohima and Imphal over a new development — the launching of the Manipur state unit of the party that rules Nagaland — Naga People’s Front (NPF). Nagaland...
When Regret Is Meaningless
WHEN rebels who have wreaked havoc, killed in cold blood and held the state to ransom begin to indulge in soul-searching, it can only mean two things. They either do not have the stomach to battle it out in the wild because they have crossed the threshold of youth; or the ransom they have extracted from...
Terror-Free Assam Eyes A New Script
For the first time in decades, development rather than extremist violence or rhetoric takes centre stage
NALBARI/NAGAON/BARPETA (Assam): Nankarbhaira village in Assam’s Nalbari district saw a lavish wedding last year after many decades.
Free from the fear of insurgency, this village is now leading...
Tripura Bleeds ‘“ In The Crossfire Of Mainstream Political Parties And Virulent Ethnic Conflict
Tripura is a land-locked state with Mizoram in East, Assam in Northeast and 800 K.M. of porous international border with Bangladesh in North, West and South. With an area of 10,486 square kilometers covered by two third forest and one third of river valleys it is predominantly a hilly and often inaccessible...
Assam: Ethnic Clashes Threaten Prospect Of Peace
Just when the northeastern Indian state of Assam was hoping for peace after the largest rebel group, ULFA agreed for peace talks, the prospect of return to normalcy in the state suffered a huge setback with the outbreak of violence between two tribal communities who inhabit the district of Karbi Anglong....
