was watching the movie for the umpteenth time - about CIA and USAirForce in SE Asia's war -- engaging in heroin manufacture alongwith the local army to finance the war. We hear so many reports from NE India about army/defense officials engaged in very very lucrative timber trade where one tree of t
I am glad Ajai Singh is not ruling India or else it would have become like Pakistan. Umesh from the article: "Assams governor, Lieutenant General Ajai Singh architect of two counter-insurgency operations against ULFA publicly opposes negotiations. What is there to negotiate with them?
hope? Perhaps, hope lies in some change of circumstances -
>> something in the regular process of social change - or perhaps some turn of
>> history that will make the ground reality in north eastern India (or Assam)
>> extremely important to the interests of the political
he ground reality in north eastern India (or Assam)
> extremely important to the interests of the political and bureucratic elite
> of the mainland. I can think of many examples. I can wish for some. But that
> would be wishful thinking.
>
> Take care-
>
> Santanu.
>
>
> -
Santanu.
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060220/asp/opinion/story_5850159.asp
The Telegraph (Calcutta) Mond
Very well said Baruah. Was surprised to all heck that the Telegraph
decided to publish your analysis :-).
Best,
m
At 5:50 PM -0500 2/19/06, Sanjib Baruah wrote:
>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060220/asp/opinion/story_5850159.asp
>
>The Telegraph (Calcutta) Monday, February 20, 2006
>
>HO
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060220/asp/opinion/story_5850159.asp
The Telegraph (Calcutta) Monday, February 20, 2006
HOW THE STALEMATE MACHINE WORKS
Sanjib Baruah
The obvious lesson of Kakopathar is that counter-insurgency operations and
negotiations towards peace do not go together, writes
