Anti-Insurgency Brotherhood

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Just back from Assam, after covering the Assembly elections, and nothing could have been more pertinent than what my best friend wrote. About the State - of moral decline. About her State, a state that has seen insurgent groups popping up everywhere. Spewing Ideology and Blood. But reaping the benefits of the spilt blood is the urban elite of Assam. From high profile journalists cum researchers cum expert analysts to the wannabe academics to NGO activists to peace mongers, Assam is surviving off anti-insurgency money. (AND SOMETIMES MONEY FROM THE INSURGENTS.) And the innocent erotica of Bihu is losing out to the politics beyond the Guns. Read On. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BOHAG MATHU ETI RITU NAHAI (Bohag is not merely a season) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BY UDDIPANA GOSWAMI =================== It is Bihu back home Perhaps there is bohag in the air, Perhaps death. Perhaps dhol-pepa-gagana sound Perhaps....