Ratnadip Choudhury Bertil Lintner, a scholar on Indo-Burmese affairs, tells Ratnadip Choudhury why it is tough for Myanmar to crack down on Northeast insurgency groups. Edited excerpts from an interview. You have seen the insurgencies of Southeast Asia from Ground Zero. In some areas they have joined the mainstream, in many places they continue with their struggles. [...]
Full Story »Nagas do not want the Indian state of Nagaland
New Delhi | June 15 : One of India’s smallest states is also among its biggest conundrums. With a history as chequered and intriguing as its topography, Nagaland is a bewildering mosaic of social and geopolitical complexities. In his book Nagaland: A Journey to India’s Forgotten Frontier, British journalist Jonathan Glancey tries to take a closer [...]
Full Story »Th. Muivah Interview with Avalok Langer: Tehelka
‘If India thinks we are Indians because we are now using Indian passports that will not work’ Source: Tehelka India and Nagalim will exist side by side and have joint defence structure For the past six months, 76-year-old Thuingaleng Muivah, General Secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, the NSCN(IM), has been flitting in and [...]
Full Story »‘Gandhi supported the Naga desire for independence’
From Tehelka Magazine Vol 7, Issue 43, Dated October 30, 2010 For more than six decades, a section of the Naga community has been fighting for freedom. Naga National Council veteran Thinoselie Keyho tells AVALOK LANGER why the battle is not over yet Tucked away in the Northeast, a 60-year-old insurgency festers unresolved. Exposed [...]
Full Story »‘We’re not part of India, so we can’t be called secessionists’
BY Suneha Dutta The general secretary of the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights, N Venuh, is an advocate of independent Nagaland. In his recent speech during the convention on Kashmir in New Delhi, he espoused the cause of Azad Kashmir, drawing parallels between the two states. Excerpts from an interview in which he spoke [...]
Full Story »‘India listened to us only when we took up arms’
The Naga rebellion has spawned many groups in the past 60 years. NSCN-IM’s Maj Gen Phunthing Shimray tells AVALOK LANGER that his outfit wants to bring all Nagas under one administrative umbrella Nestled in the dense jungles of the Naga Hills, the Naga people’s movement simmers, ignored and unresolved. Since 1946, the Naga National Council [...]
Full Story »Muivah Wants Indian Govt. to Resolve The Issue Soon
(An exclusive interview with Muivah) Jotsoma (Nagaland), Jun 22 : The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) General Secretary, Thuingaleng Muivah, on Monday said the Central government must recognize the unique history of Nagas and resolve the issue soon. Muivah is presently in India to hold talks with the Central government on the Naga issue. [...]
Full Story »Well from our side it is going on well but the problem is from the Indian government side
Well from our side it is going on well but the problem is from the Indian government side Interviewee : Th. Muivah Interviewer : Sanjay Kumar Date published : 9/20/2008 Interview date : 6/2/2008 Th. Muivah’s Interview with Sanjay Kumar, ANI. 2nd June 2008. 61 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. Sanjay: What’s the status of the talks? [...]
Full Story »Nagas could understand the danger of being suppressed. To the Nagas their freedom is above everything else.
Nagas could understand the danger of being suppressed. To the Nagas their freedom is above everything else. Interviewee : Th. Muivah Interviewer : Kikhrie Yhome, Himal Date published : 9/20/2008 Interview date : 8/11/2008 The Naga movement has come a long way. The oldest armed struggle in the Subcontinent has not only sustained itself over the course [...]
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