Manipur: Xenophobic Excess
By Sandipani Dash/ Chennabasaveshwar A. Patagundi/ South Asia In
Afflicted with multiple insurgencies for the past 46 years, Manipur is now the most violent State in India’s troubled Northeast, with all its nine Districts tainted with varying degrees of extremist activity. more »
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PCPA & ‘Useful Idiots’
By Fakir Mohan Pradhan/ South Asia Intelligence Review
On August 11, 2010, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken informed the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) that the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA), a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) front organisation, was involved in the May 28, 2010, derailment of the Jnaneswari Express, which led to the death of 148 persons and injury to many others. more »
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Madheshis: Power of the Weak
By Anshuman Behera/ South Asia Intelligence Review
With the principal parties in Nepal – the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M), Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress (NC) – still deadlocked after four rounds of Prime Ministerial elections, relatively minor Madhesh-based parties are beginning to wield disproportionate clout in the political manoeuvres in Kathmandu.more »
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