Manipur has become of great concern in recent times to all of us in the light of recent incidents and the paper war still going on. Naga Meitei relationship seems to be reaching a new low. We are saddened and disturbed by this. The immediate compulsions and reasons behind the ongoing conflicts/current developments must not be underestimated. They are realities… Read more →
By Anil Bhat As India’s 66th Independence Day was celebrated under massive security arrangements, parts of Assam reeled under the consequences of a demographic shift that challenges that very independence. A book titled Assam Terrorism and the Demographic Challenge (Centre for Land Warfare Studies-Knowledge World), written by me and published in 2009, assumes greater relevance in the light of the… Read more →
Sunanda K Datta Ray the veteran journalist writing in The Telegraph Kolkata has anatomized the violence in Assam as attributed to three factors: land, language and culture. While economic causes are primary, language and culture I think are peripheral. To the common man or woman language and culture matter little, it is the economic possession valued not so much in… Read more →