Nitin A. Gokhale

NORTH-EAST: Big Brother And The Seven Sisters

by Nitin A Gokhale

28 Aug/12

General, Outlook

More than 15 years ago, Krishna Prasad, now Outlook magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, me and a photographer colleague, T. Narayan had traveled through three states of the North-east following a massacre of non-trial Bengalis in Tripura. Apart from the killing, we tried to make sense of the region’s varied challenges and…

Conspiracy of the guns

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28 Aug/12

General

My friend, RN Ravi, who retired in May as IB’s Special Director was in-charge of the North-east for a number of years and knows the inside stories of how north-east is treated in the corridors of power. He has started writing on the region’s affairs quite regularly since he…

Assam: Deja vu tinged with sadness

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21 Aug/12

General, Rediff

For Indian Express journalist Samudra Gupta Kashyap–my closest friend and travelling companion in the north-east–and me, the latest violence in Kokrajhar is like rewinding an old film. In the past three decades, he–and I, till 2006–have reported on at least a dozen major ethnic/communal riots across the region. The…

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21 Aug/12

General, Rediff

Gen Bikram Singh putting his own team in place

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19 Aug/12

General

Army Chief, Gen Bikram Singh, who took over the top post on 1st June, has started making his own choices for some of the most crucial appointments in the top hierarchy.According to well-informed sources, Gen Bikram Singh intends to replace the current Director General Military Operations (DGMO), Lt Gen Ashok…

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NORTH-EAST: Big Brother And The Seven Sisters

Conspiracy of the guns

Assam: Deja vu tinged with sadness

Gen Bikram Singh putting his own team in place