[Assam] Assam-Naga conflict

[BBaruah at aol.com]

He authors of this well researched article find the roots of these  
inter-state boundary disputes in the North-east in the colonial legal framework  which 
helped the plantations, coalmines and oilfields  in the Brahmaputra  valley 
and along the foothills of Nagaland  (presently coupled with   deployment of 
excessive military power).
 
But is not it all history now?  India takes pride as one of the most  
successful  sovereign parliamentary democracies in the world. What prevents  India 
from writing a  new Constitution  doing away with the  much-maligned colonial 
legal framework? The authors conclude that “In a milieu  rife with ambiguities, 
the manner in which the state and civil society  organisations are seeking  to 
establish order is dangerous.” If it be so,  why do our intelligentsia fail 
to clarify the ambiguities which confound us, the  dangers that put lives in 
jeopardy? I would regard the media to be part of this  process.  Is not it the 
function of the intelligentsia to point the finger  at them  instead of casting 
stereotyped inane  criticism? More than  anything we need to be pragmatic.
 
Two innocent business men lost their lives at the hands of the  security  
personnel;  why can’t the  guilty be prosecuted?  ”.    The colonial legal 
framework certainly provides due process  of law.. 
 
Bhuban




   
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