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122433
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2013.
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The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) dates back to 1958
when it was passed by the Indian Parliament to quell the Naga rebellion
in a so-called disturbed area. Later it was extended to the states
of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, parts of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh
and later to Jammu and Kashmir in 1990. This Act is a legacy of a
colonial power. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1942,
was used by the British to quell dissent during the Second World War.
But even before that it was used as an instrument of repression which
led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It is ironic that a free country
would be waging a war against its own people using all forms of
brutality to secure the nation-building agenda of the State. Why else
would you use the military for an internal rebellion?
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148875
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There has been a glut of social media activism vis-à-vis the floods in
Assam. But the ardour of online activism can have disastrous
consequences because issues taken up on social media are transient.
There was a lot of anger and bitterness that the “national” media failed
to give due coverage to the Assam floods. This is a perpetual grouse
and it is as predictable as the monsoons. After Home Minister Rajnath
Singh’s visit and the media focus that the visit got, one gets to read less
and less about the flood affected except from the good old newspapers
which follow up the flood stories assiduously
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ID:
164362
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ID:
091828
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2009.
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Of all the states in India, perhaps Assam has the largest number of internally displaced people (IDP) living in relief camps in different parts of the state. These IDPs have been uprooted from their hearths and homes on account of ethnic conflicts and violence that have visited Assam with regular frequency.
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148843
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On January 23rd this writer was invited to speak at the All India Bank
Employees Association (AIBEA) annual meeting, led by the Punjab
National Bank, on The Future of Democracy in India. The theme seemed
a little incongruous for an occasion where, “Comrades of the World
Unite,” to discuss their welfare. In fact, I wonder if bankers ever have
the time to think or worry about democracy. Judging by the mechanical
manner in which the customers who enter the banks are greeted it
would seem that democracy is an outlandish concept.
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113591
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170820
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148858
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At no time was an election anywhere in the country awaited with so
much interest as it was for Assam, West Bengal, Tamilnadu and Kerala
this time around. It appeared as if the country was waiting with bated
breath, not so much for how the results would pan out in the above
states, but rather how the BJP as a party would fare in them. Hence,
Assam was of great interest to political observers as it was the one
state where the BJP had the greatest chance of forming a government.
And indeed the BJP has got itself a strong foothold to make its presence
in the so-called Christian dominated states of the North-East.
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164345
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074380
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100840
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065447
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Jul-Sep 2005.
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117080
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126648
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113568
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113585
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182123
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164336
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166054
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135432
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Meghalaya has been known for its coal and limestone mines right from the time of the British rule. Since coal in Meghalaya occurs in shallow seams, the British found it convenient to allow the locals to mine it in the way they saw fit, which was by digging a hole around the mines and venturing inside at a depth of about 20 feet and then proceeding horizontally across to get the coal out. It was the same with limestone. Geologists have maintained all along that mining of coal scientifically is not a viable proposition. After Meghalaya attained Statehood in 1972, coal exploration was taken up by the State Directorate of Mining and Geology and the Geological Institute of India to ascertain its commercial viability. Earlier coal was mined from the Sohra region of East Khasi Hills. Later coal was found occurring in large parts of Jaintia Hills, West Khasi Hills and Garo Hills. Late Prof. G..G.. Swell who was the Lok Sabha MP in the 70’s wrote to the then Union Minister for Mines that Meghalaya be allowed to proceed with what is now the most famous phrase – rat hole mining which he said was the traditional way of mining coal
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