Small Is Scary
The Indian army uncovers a Pakistani surprise, tactical low-yield nukes, and revises strategy accordingly
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…
Now Thrust, Now Parry
Political and diplomatic compulsions force the army to rethink strategy and concentrate on J&K rather than multiple theatres
It’s Never The Full Quorum
The spook of ethnic insurgency no longer haunts Assam’s development. It now grapples with more terrifying spectres, like staff crunch. The 23 district collectors (deputy commissioners in the northeast) didn’t mince words in saying as much at a meeting called by chief minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati on April 23-24.
Motherdom’s Prodigals
Khasi men are through with their matrilineal order, says Nitin A. Gokhale