Strangers of the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India's NortheastThis book would have been completed earlier but for events that disrupted millions of lives across India, including those of journalists: the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, by a Hindu mob on 6 December 1992 and the communal riots that followed across the country. In January 1993, the selective massacres of Muslims at Bombay and the devastating revenge bomb blasts there two months later led to extensive travelling and reporting for the New York Times. In addition, there was 'normal reporting': the Punjab, environmental, economic and political issues such as the billion dollar scam. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | ix |
From Dhaka to Delhi | 3 |
A Frontier State and Nationalism | 41 |
The Gandhi Card | 75 |
The Hills Revolt | 111 |
The Boys in Business | 137 |
The Rise and Fall of ULFA | 167 |
The NSCN Takes Wings | 237 |
Neighbours Secret Affairs | 276 |
A Security Doctrine for the East | 319 |
Appendix A I | 335 |
Appendix D | 349 |
Appendix H | 362 |
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AASU agitation Angami areas armed army Arunachal Pradesh Asia Assam Assamese attacks Bangladesh Bhutan Bhutanese Bodo border Brahmaputra British Burmese cadres Calcutta camps cent Central Centre Chakma Chief Minister communities Congress Council Delhi Dhaka district East Pakistan economic elections especially flood Gandhi Gopinath Bardoloi Government of India groups guerrilla Guwahati Hindu Hiteswar Saikia human rights illegal immigrants independence insurgency intelligence issue jungle Kachin kilometres Laldenga land later leaders live Mahanta major Manipur meeting Meghalaya migration militants military million Ministry Mizoram Mizos Muivah Muslim League Myanmar Naga Hills Nagaland National Nehru Nepali Northeast NSCN officials operations Paresh Baruah party Phizo police political politicians population Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Prime Minister problems Rajkhowa rebels refugees region rupees Saadulla security forces Shillong talks Thimpu told tribal tribes Tripura troops ULFA ULFA's V.P. Singh Valley villages violence wanted West Bengal women