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China’s claim to an Indian state is preposterous
China has denied a visa to an official (C Ropianga) belonging to the state of Arunachal Pradesh. He was traveling with a group Indian bureaucrats to China. The Chinese claim that Arunachal is theirs,...
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How does India treat the north-easterners?
Although India is a good example of a country having within itself a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society, there are certain parts of India who feel alienated from the ‘mainstream’. The north-east...
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America eyeing north-eastern India?
America in the north east of India? Well, with the Chinese knocking on our doors, can the United States be far behind? In fact America has far more ambitious plans. China may be interested in just...
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Army called in to control protests over insult to Indian Idol
An RJ of a FM (Red FM 93.5) radio channel from Delhi apparently referred to Prashant Tamang, this year’s Indian Idol, as a ‘gurkha’ and this news site reports that Prashant’s success was referred to as...
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Naxalism – some reasons and some solutions
The Indian government seems to be waking up to the Naxalism (revolutionary, often violent, communist groups) menace if the spate of articles in the mainstream media in the last few months are anything...
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Are (or were) Meghalaya and Kerala matriarchal societies?
One hears a lot about matriarchal societies. One hears about Kerala and one hears about the north-east, Meghalaya in particular. The fact is that neither of these states ever practiced Matriarchy....
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Are all India’s 8 north-eastern states disturbed areas?
I wonder if you read this piece of news – quoting from Rediff.com: Jammu and Kashmir is no longer the hot bed of militancy and separatist violence in the country as the conflict-ridden northeastern...
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What India was worrying about yesterday
India is a worried nation today and a look at the newspapers across the country will give us an idea as to how the Kashmir Issue has dominated headlines…however it is interesting to note that Kashmir...
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What are China’s intentions towards India?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh just met the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and they talked peace. Strangely, there was no mention of the tensions over Arunachal Pradesh. But why avoid the issue? According...
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Where do developmental funds go?
15 years ago the Indian economy kick started but the bad news is that the north eastern states (and some others) didn’t ride along. The most recent news is that the north eastern states are “on a...
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