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North-East may well be lost to India
IndiaToday | New Delhi, August 20, 2012 | UPDATED 13:55 IST
India's much touted picture of tolerance includes its tolerance of prejudice, murder, rapes and killings. Its homage to "we the people" has become a "we, some of the people". We have never understood the North-East or even wanted to. We simply adopted the 'protectionism' of the Empire in the Government of India Act, 1935, and reproduced its paternalism. The North-East was bound to India by the business of tea and timber. On 14 August, 1947, the Nagas declared their independence. Manipur came to India virtually by conquest.
India does not want to understand the North-East but simply to rule it by army contingents and accords. It does not want to preserve tribal integrity. It has to understand that while the North-East people have the right to move and settle in every part of India, the reverse is not the case. This is the product of our wise elliptical federalism. Nor does it understand the need for recompense. There is a Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill 2011. Enact it. Indians west of Siliguri should ask what they can do to deserve the North-East. As for people from the North-East in mainland India, we must beg them to stay, and protect them
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