COMMENTARIES
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Naxalism: Profile of Deo Kumar Singh Alias Arvindji
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 22 Nov, 2013 · #4189 · Commentary
The head of the CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand, Arvindji, is suspected to be hiding in Kumundih jungle in Latehar district of Jharkhand. The name reminds of the infamous CPI (Maoist) attack in Latehar district in which a total 16 personnel, including...
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Japan: India’s National Interests
Angana Guha Roy · 22 Nov, 2013 · #4188 · Commentary
India is planning to host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as its guest of honour on Republic Day (26 January 2014). The gesture to invite heads of government for the Republic Day parade in India is known to be reserved for those leaders or co...
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Naxal Violence: Is the CPI (Maoist) Fading?
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 22 Nov, 2013 · #4187 · Commentary
The CPI (Maoist), in its endeavour to increase its cadre strength, is now inviting police personnel to join their cadre. The Jharkhand police have recovered posters from several places in which the Maoists have appealed to the police, especially c...
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Philippines: Recovering from Typhoon Haiyan
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 21 Nov, 2013 · #4186 · Commentary
On 7 November 2013, Philippines witnessed one of the biggest natural calamities caused due to the passage of Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda). At least 10,000 people were killed when the typhoon passed through the country. The coastal p...
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Seminar Report
Sri Lanka & Maldives: Internal Politics, External Relations & India’s Interests
Sisir Devkota · 21 Nov, 2013 · #4185 · Commentary
Sri Lanka
Brigadier (Retd) K Srinivasan
Establishment Director, Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai
The Tamils in Sri Lanka expect the Prime Minister of India to make an appearance at CHOGM as it would be in their political and social ...
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Bangladesh Elections 2013
Under Third Party Shadow?
Wasbir Hussain · 20 Nov, 2013 · #4184 · Commentary
With the installation of an ‘all-party’ interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to oversee the ensuing national elections and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which is not part of it, dismissi...
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Nepal Elections 2013
Deconstructing Madhesi Politics
Sohan Prasad Sha · 19 Nov, 2013 · #4183 · Commentary
Since the Jana Andolan of 2006, Nepal has been undergoing a historic transition characterised by dynamism, such as the rise of Madhesi politics, which has been referred as the ‘rise of regional based ethno-nationalism’ (Hachhetu, 200...
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Nepal Elections 2013
Forecasting the Power Composition
Pramod Jaiswal · 19 Nov, 2013 · #4182 · Commentary
Nepal is once again voting for the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election on 19 November 2013. The CA dissolution caused severe deadlocks in Nepalese politics. Ultimately, all the major political parties agreed to have elections by appointing...
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J&K, Northeast, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu...
Regional Aspirations and National Interests
D Suba Chandran · 15 Nov, 2013 · #4181 · Commentary
Are the regional aspirations in India essentially against the national interests? Or, is there a huge gap between the two, that the successive governments and political parties both at the national and regional levels have failed to address?
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Social Media: A Study of the Northeast
Ruhee Neog · 14 Nov, 2013 · #4180 · Commentary
Social media, with its immediate and amplified reach, has transformed the way people interact with each other. Its use in the Northeast/by those from the Northeast, however, came into prominence in less then ideal circumstances.
In August 20...
