insurgency

Conflict and Concord

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

Despatches from a fractured land

The Peace Dividend

Political agreements and a firm hand in dealing with insurgencies have normalised the Northeast, making it easier for India to face Chinese threats across an unsettled border

Nagaland: A Fragile Peace

Rahul Pandita

Only a thorough investigation of the Army operation that went wrong in Nagaland and justice for the victims can restore calm

The Radical Fallacy

Rahul Pandita

From the Valley to Vemula, it has been a distortion of dissent on the Left side of protest

India’s new security doctrine: Red lines redrawn

Harsh V Pant

New Delhi’s muscular new security doctrine could have a far-reaching impact over the years

Even during Kashmir’s worst years of insurgency, says Ghulam Mohammad Malik, a retired Muslim teacher who has been protecting a temple in Srinagar for over a decade now, no one ever raised an eyebrow at his presence there

Blood Red

Neelesh Misra

The country may be rife with strife, but insurgency cannot be used as an excuse for misgovernance.

India This Week

arindam

CRPF Seeks Police Protection; Left Red-Faced; There Goes the Thakur; Rogue Policemen; The State as Accomplice

Staring at Defeat

Sandipan Deb

Even the security forces know that every starving Indian is a potential Maoist insurgent

Once upon a Place

Rahul Pandita

The police orders are to ‘flush out’ Maoists, and since actual militiamen are hard to locate the State forces end up treating every villager as a closet Maoist. It all adds up to further alienation