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Sanjib Baruah
The writer is professor of political studies, Bard College, New York
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Peace accords in Northeast require more decoding than we have been inclined to doSubscriber Only
July 24, 2020 04:00 IST
Sanjib Baruah writes: Armed groups in Northeast India have a long track record of successfully claiming a share of development funds — with the complicity of elected and appointed public officials — both before and after signing “peace accords”. Nagaland may be the leader in this regard, but not an exception.
Fri, Jul 24, 2020
Not a nation of immigrants: Behind politics of immigration in Trump’s AmericaSubscriber Only
July 03, 2020 00:31 IST
Anxiety about unintended consequences of a 1965 law lies behind politics of immigration in Trump's America.
Fri, Jul 03, 2020
George Floyd protests draw attention to how little has changed on race and justiceSubscriber Only
June 17, 2020 03:00 IST
In India, critics have legitimately called out the hypocrisy of elites who express digital solidarity with American protesters but ignore police violence and racial prejudice at home.
Wed, Jun 17, 2020
Society needs to regain moral compassSubscriber Only
May 28, 2020 04:00 IST
Society needs to regain moral compass, address plight of people in cities whose precarious livelihoods keep them steps away from destitution.
Thu, May 28, 2020
South Korea holds lessons for leaders trying to use crisis to consolidate powerSubscriber Only
May 04, 2020 01:40 IST
President Moon Jae-in’s left-leaning Democratic Party won a landslide victory in South Korea’s parliamentary elections last month, signalling strong public approval of the government’s handling of the crisi
Mon, May 04, 2020
CAA-led narrative on religious persecution ignores political specificity, nuance in neighbourhoodSubscriber Only
January 22, 2020 00:55 IST
India’s new official narrative is, at complete variance with the understanding that has informed Indian foreign policy so far. If Hindus were equally persecuted in East Pakistan/Bangladesh both before and after it broke away from Pakistan, why did India even bother to intervene in the war of liberation?
Wed, Jan 22, 2020
Protesters’ fears about CAA founded on history, accumulated experienceSubscriber Only
December 17, 2019 00:42 IST
This is not the first time that a major country has adopted an ideology-driven refugee policy. There are lessons to be drawn from the experience of countries that had adopted similar policies before.
Tue, Dec 17, 2019
Defining thousands as non-citizens will create a new form of precarious citizenship — people with fewer rights, entitlementsSubscriber Only
August 30, 2019 00:45 IST
India is unlikely to deport to Bangladesh people who fail NRC test. But the millions who will become non-citizens will have fewer rights
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
The fire in AssamSubscriber Only
January 15, 2019 00:20 IST
Many view the citizenship amendment bill as a betrayal of BJP’s poll promise
Tue, Jan 15, 2019
Winning the neighbourhoodSubscriber Only
November 02, 2018 02:15 IST
India has displayed an ample supply of national self-confidence and pride in recent years. But the self-confidence has not translated into good public policy.
Fri, Nov 02, 2018
The missing 4,007,707Subscriber Only
August 02, 2018 00:15 IST
Can a democracy permit so many to be in a state of liminal legality? NRC poses a political and moral question
Thu, Aug 02, 2018
A lesson from Arunachal PradeshSubscriber Only
July 20, 2018 00:04 IST
Debate over the state’s anti-conversion law points to the need to give more attention to religious change from the perspective of the ‘converted’.
Fri, Jul 20, 2018
Citizens, non-citizens, minoritiesSubscriber Only
June 28, 2018 00:23 IST
Updating of the National Register of Citizens in Assam and the Citizenship Amendment Bill could lead to a redrawing of the demographic map of South Asia, give new life to the discredited two-nation theory.
Thu, Jun 28, 2018
Stateless in AssamSubscriber Only
January 19, 2018 00:05 IST
Thousands could be declared non-citizens when the National Register of Citizens is finalised. Since their deportation is an almost impossible option, the focus will be on the detention policy.
Fri, Jan 19, 2018
How we define Assam’s flood problemSubscriber Only
August 26, 2017 00:00 IST
... is crucial to any attempts towards addressing it. It will require a careful consideration of the history of the state’s complex encounter with floods
Sat, Aug 26, 2017
Who can become an Indian citizen?Subscriber Only
November 28, 2016 00:05 IST
Partition’s long shadow is evident on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which seeks to introduce a religious distinction in the law. It must be debated
Mon, Nov 28, 2016
A battle lost, a war to be wonSubscriber Only
August 20, 2016 00:00 IST
Her supporters in Manipur and elsewhere should thank Irom Sharmila for her extraordinary sacrifice and move on with their campaign against AFSPA without her iconic presence.
Sat, Aug 20, 2016
In the Northeast, an uneasy new allianceSubscriber Only
July 14, 2016 00:30 IST
Launch of NEDA notwithstanding, BJP remains prone to ideological grandstanding in the region.
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
BJP’s win in Assam resulted from a consolidation, across faultlines, on the issue of citizenshipSubscriber Only
June 02, 2016 00:01 IST
The keyword in BJP’s election campaign in Assam was khilonjia — a non-Sanskritic word that means original inhabitant, indigenous or autochthonous.
Thu, Jun 02, 2016
The Great Game in the EastSubscriber Only
April 23, 2016 00:03 IST
How geopolitics and geography shaped the idea of the Northeast.
Sat, Apr 23, 2016
New election, old scarsSubscriber Only
March 23, 2016 00:44 IST
Veterans of the Assam Movement now fight polls. But the bitterness — and the issues — linger on.
Wed, Mar 23, 2016
A pseudo peaceSubscriber Only
August 11, 2015 00:06 IST
Has the Naga insurgency, India’s oldest, really ended? It is too soon to say.
Tue, Aug 11, 2015
The Nagas of India and MyanmarSubscriber Only
May 14, 2015 00:00 IST
Delhi will not succeed in dealing with Khaplang if it fails to understand Naypyidaw’s new priorities.
Thu, May 14, 2015
Reimagining DimapurSubscriber Only
March 18, 2015 00:47 IST
Lynching episode underlines the need to bring in a politics based not just on memories of shared ethnic pasts, but the vision of a common future.
Wed, Mar 18, 2015
Upstream superpowersSubscriber Only
December 05, 2014 00:48 IST
Chinese and Indian policies on river systems are more alike than different
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