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.

Kaustubh Deka

· Sep 03, 2019 · 09:00 am

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.

Kaustubh Deka

· Aug 31, 2018 · 08:00 am

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.

Kaustubh Deka

· Aug 30, 2017 · 10:30 am

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.

Kaustubh Deka

· May 21, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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.

Kaustubh Deka

· Aug 01, 2015 · 05:30 pm