Northeast Vigil

The moment Swaraj Kaushal's resignation drama came out in the open, political circles have been full of rumours about how much it would harm the ongoing peace talks between the Indian government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN). After all, Kaushal had been in constant touch with the NSCN leaders Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah over the past one year and more. Just because no political breakthrough has yet been achieved does not necessarily mean Kaushal had made no...

Swaraj Kaushal's allegations against the Prime Minister must be taken more seriously than the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary for the Northeast would want one to. With political circles rife with stories that Kaushal had actually been "sacked" or that Kaushal had actually been "removed", the interlocutor for the Indian government decided to go on the offensive. This he did in a first person account which appeared in a New Delhi newspaper on July 25. Whatever might have been the...

Every time cadres of an organisation surrender -be it orchestrated, coerced or voluntary- it is usually the outfit too which stands to gain a lot. A surrender by particular cadres is an act of purification. The doves are purged out, and the hawks remain. Those who stick to the guns are inevitably die-hards who are committed to their cause, whatever it might be. For them, the means and the ends are all that matter. Not so much in the case of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). Those who...

Hello, You have received this mail either because you/your organisation is involved in the region better known as India's "Northeast", or take an active interest in the area. For long, there has been a desire among (concerned) members of the online community to have an e-zine pertaining to the Northeast. Northeast Vigil intends doing precisely that. Northeast Vigil is meant to be a forum. It will collate published and unpublished material on the Northeast for dissemination among its readers...