Mentors, Monitors
Washington and New Delhi work out realistic ways to ascertain infiltration levels in a manner visible to both
Of Some Highs And More Lows
Assam’s Bodoland Liberation Tigers (BLT), currently observing a truce pact with the government, is threatening to go underground once again. After waiting in vain for more than two years for a final settlement of their long-standing demand for a separate administrative unit for the Bodos in Assam, the BLT leadership…
The Tribe’s Restive Peace
Assam’s Bodoland Liberation Tigers (BLT), currently observing a truce pact with the government, is threatening to go underground once again. After waiting in vain for more than two years for a final settlement of their long-standing demand for a separate administrative unit for the Bodos in Assam, the BLT leadership…
Babes In The Wood
If one is in Assam, can the foreign national question be far behind? Even a drive to evict encroachers from reserved forest land, initiated by the state government, is haunted by the spectre of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. So much so that the drive has been slowed down. The Opposition—the Asom…
Long Arms Reach Further Out
The Indian government, after years of hesitation, has finally decided to extend its counter-insurgency operations against militant groups in the Northeast to neighbouring countries Bhutan and Myanmar. It’s common knowledge that many Northeast militant groups like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)…