Naxalites
Indian diplomacy takes a major Hit in Nepal
0 comments | by Lt General Ashok K Mehta (Former Indian army offic
A country that refuses to learn from past mistakes is fated to remain on the learning curve. This is India’s misfortune. The Indian mistake today in being intrusive toward its tiny northern neighbour Nepal bears similarity with the disastrous policy failure it experienced vis-à-vis its small southern neighbour Sri Lanka. This was reiterated by an eminent Indian analyst, diploma
Read Full ArticleThe Naxalite Insurgency in India
0 comments | by Kristian A Kennedy
16 of India's 28 states – mostly in the east and the centre – are affected by insurgency to a greater or lesser degree. It is an often ignored fact that 66.6% of Indian landmass is not in Indian control where the writ of the state is shaky and in places negligible or nonexistent. There may be as many as 150,000 militiamen and full-time fighters in total and India's Prime M
Read Full Article0 comments | by Paul Staniland
India is often hailed as a triumph of democracy in a poor, multi ethnic society. This success must be qualified by the armed challenges to the Indian state that have regularly erupted and endured during its modern history. India’s future holds more internal conflict. The Naxalite challenge poses a serious threat to the state’s reach in large areas of the interio
Read Full ArticleALAN HART: INDIA AT WAR WITH ITSELF
0 comments | by Alan Hart
A GLOBAL NUCLEAR TINDERBOX FUELED BY ISRAEL Alan Hart speaks at London Institute of South Asia Seminar “Among the questions open and honest dialogue would need to address is the extent to which outside forces are having a significant influence on India’s drift to war with itself. It’s not too much of a secret that for more than a decade (an
Read Full ArticleINDIA - 4 NAXAL STRIKES IN 72 HOURS
0 comments | by RASMI DROLIA & JOESPH JOHN
Fear is the key. This dictum is used by Naxals to hold on to their territory in Bastar whenever the y find the ground slipping beneath their feet. Therefore, it was not without reason that the Reds unleashed a spate of violence through four attacks in 72 hours, killing at least 13 Indian combat personnel and injuring scores others. The last of four attacks, at Kirandul-Cholnar in Dantewa
Read Full ArticleMaoist Insurgency Spreads to Over 40% of India
0 comments | by Asad Ismi
The state of Jharkhand in eastern India is a main focus of the insurgency. According to one observer, corruption is rampant in Jharkhand, which is turning away from electoral politics and “slipping into the hands of the Maoists.” During the last 12 years, not a single provincial government in Jharkhand has completed its term, and there have been eight of these during this period. In
Read Full ArticleIndia urges neighbours to help hunt down rebels after massacre
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GUWAHATI: India urged Bhutan and other neighbours Friday to help track down separatist rebels who killed 69 villagers in Assam as it stepped up its military offensive in the restive northeastern state. India has already deployed 6,000 additional security forces and military helicopters to scour the remote area where armed militants mounted a series of coordinated attacks on tribal villag
Read Full ArticleLessons From Scotland For South Asia
0 comments | by Satya Sagar
Though ‘No’ finally trumped ‘Yes’ and the United Kingdom stayed ‘united’ the recent referendum for Scottish independence holds several important lessons for both votaries of separatism as well as national unity everywhere. It also raises many questions, chief among them being, on a planet run by corporations and shaped by tsunami-like capital flows, do
Read Full Article0 comments | by Saeed Ismat
Usman Khalid the founding father of London Institute of South Asia died on Monday 31stMarch 2014 after a prolonged illness in Windsor London, A great visionary has passed away. We shall not gaze upon his like again He was a prolific writer and a great campaigner for Kashmiris, Dalits, Adivasis and all the oppressed people of the world, however, his prim
Read Full Article0 comments | by Special report
Come election time and imperatives of vote bank politics compel political parties to turn overnight heroes into villains and villains into heroes. Narendra Modi has recently criticised 'the Gandhi family' for 'insulting' BR Ambedkar and accused it of stopping the implementation of the rights given by Ambedkar to the dalits. Modi m
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