Northeast India
A Century of Nation-Building: Personal Insights into the RSS Journey from Colonial Resistance to Modern India
Oct 02, 2025 08:26 pm CST
This comprehensive account offers a unique insider perspective on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's evolution over 100 years, from its founding during colonial subjugation to its present role in Indian society. Written by a former police officer and governor who witnessed the organization's grassroots work in politically volatile Kerala and insurgency-affected Northeast India, the article provides rare insights into RSS's social engineering initiatives, disaster response capabilities, and nation-building philosophy through personal experiences spanning decades of public service.
AFSPA Extension in Assam: Three Districts Remain Under Armed Forces Special Powers Act for Additional Six Months
Sep 28, 2025 01:15 am CST
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six more months in Tinsukia, Charaideo, and Sivasagar districts of Assam from October 1. Despite overall improvement in the state's security situation, concerns about ULFA(I) and NSCN(K-YA) activities prompted the extension. The controversial act allows security forces to operate with special powers while facing continued opposition from human rights advocates.
AFSPA Extended in Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh: Impact and Implementation Across Northeast India
Sep 27, 2025 01:30 am CST
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six months across Manipur, nine districts in Nagaland, and select regions of Arunachal Pradesh. While 13 police station jurisdictions in Manipur remain exempt, this extension follows continuing ethnic tensions that have claimed over 260 lives since May 2023. Despite ongoing protests against its allegedly draconian provisions, AFSPA continues to grant security forces extensive powers in these designated "disturbed areas" effective from October 1.
Zubeen Garg: The Cultural Unifier Who Healed Assam's Divided Society
Sep 25, 2025 09:20 pm CST
This article examines how singer Zubeen Garg transcended Assam's complex history of territorial losses, demographic changes, and ethnic conflicts to become a cultural unifier. By rejecting divisions of caste, religion, and politics, Garg embodied the "Kanchenjunga spirit" - elevated, free, and unyielding - providing healing and unity to a fractured region in ways political institutions could not achieve.
'Never Knew He Was So Famous': Internet Amazed By Outpouring Of Love For Zubeen Garg
Sep 22, 2025 01:43 am CST
Fans from northeast explained that Zubeen was a cultural phenomenon in the region, with his art transcending boundaries and bringing people together.
Viral Video Shows Sairang Railway Station Trashed 24 Hours After Inauguration, Railways Responds
Sep 16, 2025 02:09 pm CST
The viral video showed the Sairang railway station littered with garbage and leftover food, just 24 hours after inauguration.