Haste and Brinkmanship Inadvisable in Reaching a Naga Accord

Haste and Brinkmanship Inadvisable in Reaching a Naga Accord

Sandeep Pandey, Babloo Loitongbam & Meera Sanghamitra Thuingaleng Muivah, the supreme leader of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) says that Nagaland may be weaker in material sense but it is strong in politics. No wonder, the organisation which started off as an insurgent group was able to engage the Government of India in…

Gandhi’s Idea of Cleanliness and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Gandhi’s Idea of Cleanliness and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Sandeep Pandey Mahatma Gandhi’s spectacles are being used as an emblem for Government of India’s sanitation campaign Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA). Even though Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the ideological parent of ruling Bhartiya Janata Party, abhors Gandhi’s ideology, yet Narendra Modi has decided to use Gandhi as a symbol for his drive for cleanliness. First, he…

The Narendra Modi Interview That Should Have Been

The Narendra Modi Interview That Should Have Been Indian democracy has unique ways to yank larger-than-life political leaders to the ground. Indira Gandhi was handed a comprehensive defeat after she unleashed the Emergency on the Indian public. Later, again, her son Rajiv—trapped in the Bofors scandal—brought the Congress tally to a mere 197 in 1989…