Rajeev Bhattacharyya
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Journalist, Chevening Fellow Books-ULFA:The Mirage of Dawn,Rendezvous With Rebels,Lens & The Guerrilla,Paresh Baruahr Sandhanat(Assamese)
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Finally, its done after years! I'd love to get your feedback and especially the part that you disliked.
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Wow! Flipkart has granted independence to Nagaland..
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Myanmar rebels would be extremely foolish to get involved in the Manipur conflict..
No evidence of Myanmar-based militants so far in Moreh ambush: Manipur security advisor... via
@IndiaTodayNE
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There was unimaginable chaos yesterday in Guwahati. People were stranded for 3 hours on the road. Hoping that this doesn't happen again..
@narendramodi
In January, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stated he “cannot tolerate traffic congestion”, just days before Congress's Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was slated to pass through Guwahati.
Come April 16, the same Assam chief minister allowed a BJP roadshow in the heart of
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Manipur unrest has many 'firsts'. Never heard of such an episode earlier. Has layers of meanings. Time for Centre/ MHA to wake up actually...
@ministryofhome1
@PMOIndia
12 KYKL militants released after women-led mob stops Army in Manipur village
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Thrilled to see Bertil Lintner from whom i've learned so much of journalism with a copy of my book
@HarperCollinsIN
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Unforgettable Episodes From a 21-Day Covert Assignment in Myanmar
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
@Diplomat_APAC
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Instead of spending crores on Bihu dances, it will make sense to divert that money for creation of an efficient garbage disposal system in Assam, especially Guwahati. This has gone for too long.. is the govt working on it? Please provide the latest status..
@himantabiswa
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Finally, Gauhati High Court has sent a notice to PCCF & other agencies on our PIL to check deforestation & hill cutting in Assam..hoping for the best.
(I know a journo shouldnt be an activist. Trying to maintain the balance. Sometimes emotions overwhelm human beings)
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Assam chief minister H B Sarma has repeatedly underscored dangers from drugs, human trafficking and cow smuggling. Request him to include timber in the list since NE is a biodiversity hotspot
@himantabiswa
Vast swathes of ancient forests wiped out already. Forest min inefficient
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In Guwahati, the food bill everyday for Maharashtra MLAs is Rs 8 lakhs. Hope it gets more. Its likely to have an impact on the quantum of funds to be sanctioned by Centre for floods in Assam...
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Now i can understand the quality of the training given to the IAS. Necessary to be firm without being rude and this is not rocket science...
@himantabiswa
Your salary will be stopped this month', you will not be paid for 6 months if the problem is not resolved'
#Kamrup
Commissioner Kirti Jalli threatened senior doctors on camera at Singimari Model Hospital Sualkuchi.
#shame
@PMOIndia
@AmitShah
@IASassociation
@district_kamrup
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ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn launched today at Press Club of India. Many thanks to Press Club
@PCITweets
and HarperCollins Publishers
@HarperCollinsIN
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ULFA(I)'s senior most functionary Jibon Moran decides to return home after almost 30 years in Myanmar. Spent many days with him at Taga camp..
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As per the story, two black panthers secretly relocated from Guwahati Zoo to Reliance's rescue & rehabilitation centre in Gujarat!
And a friend asked me in the morning "when will the Brahmaputra be sold off"
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Flood Jihad in Assam! Wow! What on earth is that? Govt authorities have clarified. I don't regret my decision of leaving TV journalism. Extremely pathetic..
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Guwahati - muck from the drain. Now this will remain for months. Seeing this happen for last 3 decades. Is the govt bothered?
@himantabiswa
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Death of a professor.. Tapas Medhi..Tezpur Univ. Episode merits a serious probe. Dead body found some distance away from his vehicle near rail track. He had launched a crusade against land grab in Assam by a particular community
@DGPAssamPolice
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The origin of Assamese script goes back further and could be among the earliest in India. Of course, many would be upset now..
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39 personnel from Myanmar army surrendering before Mizoram police at Zokhawthar 😇 Never happened before. They had no other way to escape from the attack by resistance groups today which began at 5 am
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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Journalists with resources who can spend a few days at Baghjan should probe how and why "Gujarat" based John Energy Pvt Ltd was allotted the block and the monitoring mechanism of OIL among other things.. there may be something very interesting.
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Akhil Gogoi is needed in Assam now to stall the projects in Dehing-Patkai and Dibang Valley ..
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Many have asked me - why ULFA resorting to abductions? My answer in brief "ULFA had lost the plot long ago which is quite similar to AGP's condition." Very lethal when leaders dont know that they dont know..
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What is Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal stand on Dehing-Patkai issue? Or will he adopt the CAA strategy? Jati, Mati, Bheti... what a joke!
@sarbanandsonwal
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Snippet from 'ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn'
How a 'Mossad agent' helped Ulfa seal its first weapons' deal
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I'm honoured to get a review of the book by Bertil Lintner
@HarperCollinsIN
Assamese Journalist Shines Light on One of Asia’s Murkiest Conflicts
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ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn ranked 7th in 'political parties' category in India on Amazon
@HarperCollinsIN
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Bhakts call me a leftist. Liberals branded me a rightist. Couple of ULFA leaders thought i was a govt agent. Some intelligence officials assumed i was on the payroll of ULFA. I feel proud.
“..the genuine citizens among the Bengal origin Muslims in Assam who ought to distinguish themselves from the illegal immigrants”
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How clueless can a far left journalist be? He still doesn’t know that the UMMAH is global & United?
Why will Miyas discriminate against Miyas?!
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In Assam, indigenous Muslims & Hindus hv joined hands near Daulasal (border of Nalbari-Barpeta) to resist encroachment by Bengal origin Muslims on govt land..as per local media reports. A long term policy needed (something that many news portals would ignore deliberately)
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Mizoram villagers send 3 trucks full of vegetables for city folk battling Covid in Aizawl via
@ThePrintIndia
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Many academics make the mistake of evaluating writings by journalists with their own yardsticks. A journalist's job is to provide and analyse information objectively without being bothered about any 'framework'. We dont have time to think about Marx, Weber or James Scott..
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Why Hindi must not be imposed on North-East
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I'm not a pessimist but a realist. Today's downpour convinced me that Guwahati's situation deteriorating every day. And it is NE Gateway!! What is the govt's plan? The minister is more busy with other activities
@PMOIndia
@himantabiswa
@TheAshokSinghal
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Exactly as i had anticipated. Now AIUDF functionaries will start joining the BJP. It's a 'raksha kabach' for them. Identifying foreign nationals, rectification of NRC - have gone for a six in Assam. People get the govt they deserve...
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Internet shutdown hits commoners severely in Assam. HCM H B Sarma needs a couple of men around him who are his well wishers and not 'yes men' which is extremely dangerous. And this is what's happening now
@himantabiswa
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At Mayang now after Sipazhar. Around 100 houses have sprung up over night. This is getting serious.
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Dome of Kamakhya temple to have gold coating.. By Reliance. Shouldnt the archaic flavour be retained? Extremely cheap taste n vulgar display of wealth. Locals should have resisted..
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Situation serious in Assam because nothing apparent on the surface. Not possible for a Bangladeshi citizen to become a teacher without collaborators. Danger lies in the fact that govt doesn't have any plan..
@PMOIndia
@ministryofhome1
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Never experienced such a warm December in Guwahati in my entire life. Really frightening. Deforestation continues unabated..
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Remembering Parag Das - journalist, author & human rights activist - on his 24th death anniversary. Shot by assailants in Guwahati. Both the persons who pulled the trigger are dead... rumours that a third person also shot him but uncertain
(photo credit: Avinibesh Sharma)
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Who is Swami Muktananda Saraswati?
এইবাৰ ওলাল স্বামী মুক্তানন্দ সৰস্বতী।কামাখ্যাৰ পৰা পাণ্ডুঘাটলৈ বিকল্প পথচোৱা স্বামী মুক্তানন্দ সৰস্বতীৰ নামেৰে নামকৰণ কৰিবলৈ প্ৰস্তাৱ।অসমৰ কোনোবাই চিনি পায় নেকি এইবোৰ স্বামীক?এইজনৰ নামটো আমদানি কৰা হৈছে দক্ষিণ ভাৰতৰ পৰা।এনে প্ৰস্তাৱৰ বিৰোধিতা কৰিছোঁ।সকলোৱে বিৰোধিতা কৰক।
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Perhaps never before in India!
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Another twist to Assam recruitment scam.Ex-IPS Pradip Kr is chairman of Recruitment Board.He is from UP but he is so much in love with Assam that he decided not to relocate to his hometown after retirement. But who got him appointed?
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According to unconfirmed inputs, PM Modi's trip to Guwahati has been cancelled owing to apprehension of large scale protests. The gateway to the Northeast is jinxed for him.
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A huge crackdown on narcotics in Assam. My only qs - why wasn't it possible during the previous regime? Not possible that this phenomenon surfaced only a month ago in the state. And Sarba will never face journalists..
@sarbanandsonwal
@AmitShah
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In Prag News, a local resident says he wasn't surprised with the boat tragedy. It was waiting to happen. Should the govt be blamed or the DC in Majuli? Why cant these bureaucrats be pro-active? Time to overhaul the recruitment policy
#Majuli
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My close friend Milan Mahanta, journalist in Assam's Mirza, says he'd give up the profession if proved that he was demanding money from the gamblers who thrashed him. Most of them still roaming freely as per some inputs
(photo credit - Milan Mahanta)
@assampolice
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On the footpath near my house in Guwahati. Never seen such a beautiful frog in my life. Tragic to see these species vanishing..
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Reporting on conflict is always tricky as i've realised. The focus should be on facts and from all sides. Opinion can always come later and they shouldn't be formed before hitting ground zero.
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A fraud who masqueraded as a journalist for long and who had claimed meeting ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah several times has finally admittd in an affidavit to a court that he never met him!
Makes absolute sense not to bluff too much
(PB had also told me that he never met him)
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As expected, 'Al Qaeda In Assam' story wasn't published by some news portals. The same ones that believe that there are no illegal immigrants in the state. Perhaps, they also believe that this story is fake. Amazing...
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Nobody knows how much China has seized in Arunachal Pradesh... but it could be huge.
How Much Territory Has China ‘Grabbed’ in Arunachal Pradesh?
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Probably the 3rd incident in the last one year.. It is a 'water bomb' in waiting. Beijing must be thrilled at New Delhi's policies..
@narendramodi
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There are plans for smart cities in India. But in Anini - district HQs of Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh- there's no internet. One college till Class - 12 but no science/ commerce in +2. But one of the most scenic places in the country.
@PMOIndia
@KirenRijiju
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The historic Dighali Pukhuri in Guwahati has stoked controversy since yesterday over claims that it has been alloted to a Gujarat firm. No prblm if its for conservation. But no Hinduism here, BJP poster, or gyan on veg food. Govt should clarify.
@himantabiswa
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Amid the celebrations on Assamese general Lachit Barphukan, it will make perfect sense also to recall the contributions of Prime Minister Atan Buragohain in repulsing the Mughal forces from Assam...
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Afghanistan has fallen six-and-a-half months after Myanmar. Both the regimes have the support of China and Russia. They are not bothered even if the whole world is against them!
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If the victims had been from the Bengal origin Muslim community,3 media houses in Delhi would have done many stories. Now they wont. A national media correspondent in Guwahati hyper-active to prove that there are no illegal migrants in Assam will remain silent on this episode
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Some of the realities in Assam. Too big a topic to be compressed so briefly..
Dholpur Eviction | Do not ignore the concerns of indigenous communities in Assam
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Assam's Maguri Beel to be developed as international tourist spot. Why did it take a crisis for the govt to do that? What was the govt doing all these years? There are at least 100 such sites in Assam which can be devlpd on these lines...
@sarbanandsonwal
@PMOIndia
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Wow! Nothing can be better for Assam than separating Barak Valley. Everybody would be happier. Hoping that the Hon'ble CM has said it seriously..
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Dont know if it can be termed as surprising - in the Guwahati municipal polls, Cong is nowhere in the scene. Rather, in very few seats, it is AAP posing a challenge to the BJP...
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Afghan national in Kerala apprehended with Aadhar cards procured in Assam. Networks are deep. It means many things happening in Assam. Better if the govt and society realise this...especially ministry of home affair.
@narendramodi
@himantabiswa
@AmitShah
@ministryofhome1
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Two spies sentenced to death by ULFA at a camp in Myanmar. Probably the first time that a release was sent before (or after) putting them before the firing squad. Never earlier although many such instances had happened..
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A report in The Assam Tribune says that talks between ULFA (Pro Talks) and the govt has started again. The elephant has woken up again it seems... general elections 2024 😇 So nothing immediately i suppose. Public memory is short.
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Looking forward to reverification of NRC in Assam. All fake entries must be identified. Conspirators must also be identified
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Disturbing news from Assam's countryside and semi-urban areas about growing communalisation. Eastern Assam will survive the tremor. Western Assam is vulnerable. Extremists from both sides want this to happen..
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Sir
@ParimalSuklaba1
... happening right under your nose. Just wake up and be more active. The illicit timber trade has assumed extremely serious proportions in the state not reported in the national media...much more serious that cattle smuggling certainly
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In today's Sadin.. my take on the efforts made to bring Paresh Baruah led faction of ULFA to peace talks
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Will there be a Naga accord on Aug 15? Hope it happens. Inputs suggest brainstorming sessions among govt circles. But the Naga leaders are more matured than AASU..
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Guwahati is the place where bulldozers are actually required to demolish illegal constructions ruthlessly. The entire city can't be allowed to suffer for a few thousands of encroachers..
#BulldozerAction
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Saffron wave in Assam: Ekal Vidyalayas helped BJP, RSS establish strong roots in Assam's tribal areas, tea estates
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ULFA rebel Dhristi Rajkhowa's story in a nutshell..
From Myanmar to AfPak: The Long Trail of an ULFA Rebel Who Finally Renounced Cult of the Gun
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Cheers! I hope the rest would follow suit..
Assam’s Judima rice wine is northeast’s 1st traditional brew to get GI tag
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Crackdown in Assam on land brokers was extremely necessary. According to Pratidin Times, one of the biggest land sharks is currently a BJP legislator which is known to everybody. Will he be arrested?
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"Number of people of Bangladeshi origin is now 1 crore 25 lakh"
So, the NRC's 19 lacs was a cruel joke on Assam! But why no detection now or preventive measures?
@PMOIndia
@ministryofhome1
'Bangladeshi infiltration has been going on in Assam for 40 years. Number of people of Bangladeshi origin is now 1 crore 25 lakh. We lost our identity. Today, 40 MLAs of Bangladeshi origin are elected in Assam, become ministers & speakers. Assamese are struggling to survive.' HBS
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The Godman again fishing in troubled waters in Assam. Teaching yoga for good health, but spoiling the environment of Assam for business gains.
Wow! What a philosophy..
Halt palm oil cultivation in Assam: AJP tells Baba Ramdev
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The trees won't be chopped at Assam's Dabaka after all. But why did the govt wait so long to announce an alternate route?
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Intelligence inputs can not only be erroneous but lethal as well at times as the incident in Mon reveals..Unfortunate.
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Explained: What Peace Deal With ULFA's Pro-Talk Group Means For Assam - NDTV
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I dont approve everything that they write and I'm pretty sure what they'll say about illegal immigrants in Assam. But this episode is dangerous. It could happen to any journalist or anybody criticising the govt..
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Absolutely justified demand. Just 'Orang National Park' is fine
Demand for deletion of Rajiv Gandhi's name from Orang National Park
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What the hell is the govt doing if it knows there r 70 lakh migrants in Assam? Does it need AASU's approval for detection? It is known that lakhs have got included in NRC..
via
@economictimes
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OMG!! In India, this is how intelligence gathering is done - by announcing in the media. I am pretty sure the Chinese would be waiting across the border to provide information..
@ministryofhome1
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Many in Delhi were astonished when i wrote that the govt's eviction drive in Assam has the support of large sections of people because it was not music to their ears. The liberal academics and editors should take note...
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Minister.. how about another helicopter ride to assess the damage at this spot ??
Rushed to the spot immediately after the incident to take stock of the situation at Rajgarh & Gauhati Commerce College link road, where a drinking water pipe exploded causing some damage nearby.
Have called an urgent meeting of all senior officials of Guwahati Jal Board later
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It is known that Assam Forest Min
@ParimalSuklaba1
doesn't have the capacity nor the desire to check this plunder. Its been happening for too long in a state which is a biodiversity hotspot. The onus lies on the CM
@himantabiswa
now. Its too serious a matter to be ignored
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"Some PDFs are behaving like the Junta" - interview with a woman resistance fighter in Myanmar
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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My interview in Prag News on the book ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn. Grateful to Prasanta da
@PrasantaRajguru
and the media house for giving me the opportunity.
@HarperCollinsIN
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Extremely grateful to Pallav Gopal Jha
@pallavGJha1
for the lovely review of my book ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn and to NENow
@NENowNews
for publishing it
In this 402 page book, what is most aptly woven together is the complex web of insurgency of India’s
#Northeast
@rajkbhat
@pallavGJha1
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Subansiri Dam: Is a disaster waiting to happen in Eastern Assam?
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In an unprecedented development, Myanmar hands over 22 NE rebels to India. Inputs suggest they were in different jails of Myanmar after being apprehended by the army..
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Bottomline is Bangladeshis cannot be allowed to become majority in Assam. Doesn't sound good but true. It could be extremely dangerous. Assam is the heart of India's NE which happens to be the most strategic zone in the entire country..
Some tried to make Bengali Muslims as Na-Axomiya. Now HBS is trying to cave in to their demand of being 'indigenous' (খিলঞ্জীয়া). Well, white skinned people landed on America in 1600s but they are still not Native Americans.
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