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Kaustubh Deka
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Debates around NRC show the common thread of trauma that binds the people of Assam
We have failed to understand the delicate place of history in the schemas of justice.
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Counterview: Tracing the roots of Assam’s NRC politics to the 1947 ‘Sylhet partition’ is misleading
‘How the British annexation of Assam in 1826 led to its tryst with demographic engineering’ would be a better description.
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Rishang Keishing (1920-2017): Understanding the legacy of Manipur’s longest serving chief minister
The four-term Manipur chief minister was often criticised for having a contradictory stance. But he actually had a position that was uniquely his own.
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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Cricket: India head coach Rahul Dravid and other team support staff’s contracts extended by BCCI
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The outsiders: How BJP won this historic election in Assam (and what it means)
The BJP led the ‘rainbow alliance’ in a campaign to protect 'nation, land and identity' – a logical extension of the project of Assamese Nationalism.
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How India's 'look east' policy has failed to involve its North Eastern states
There are plans for highways and rail corridors running through the region, but these will make it a conduit, not necessarily a stakeholder, as the Myanmar ambush in June indicated.
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