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Should the Stilwell Road be Reopened?

Vol. 51, Issue No. 15, 09 Apr, 2016
Jajati K Pattnaik

The Stilwell Road, running from Assam in India to Myanmar and further on to China, could act as a growth driver for the entire region. India's "Act East" policy should factor in this road while planning for new developments in this region.

Grim Portent in Assam

Vol. 51, Issue No. 13, 26 Mar, 2016

This article, published in the 12 April 1980 issue of the Economic and Political Weekly, reports the invoking of the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act in the midst of the Assam agitation. As it stands today--the AFSPA is still enforced in the North East (in Assam, along the Assam-Meghalaya border) and the state is slated to go for polls on 4 April 2016.

The Khasis as Hindus

Vol. 51, Issue No. 10, 05 Mar, 2016
Avner Pariat

Hindu religious practices may have influenced present day monotheistic Christinatity prevalent among the Khasis. However the cultural and religious linkages between Hinduism and Christianity in Khasi Hills need to be investigated keeping in mind that there was no defined centre for the Hindu faith and the influence may have been more syncretistic than partisan. 

Assam : Tribal Land Alienation:Government's Role

Vol. 36, Issue No. 52, 29 Dec, 2001
Chandan Kumar Sharma

The large-scale influx of infiltrators from the south and the north-west has compounded fears of insecurity and large-scale land alienation. Infiltration has been a fall-out of not merely recent government policies, but once formed a part of the colonial government's moves to resettle and develop the region.

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