The Big Picture – Police Forces: Autonomy or unchecked Independence, Rajya Sabha TV

Why does violence continue to plague Assam?, Aljazeera

Aljazeera As India boosts security in the northeastern state we ask what has kept tensions alive in the region for decades.  Dozens have been killed and tens of thousands more displaced as violence breaks out in India’s northeastern Assam state. Indian security forces are patrolling the streets in the state after days of rioting, […]

Desh Deshantar – Case of Rohingyas: History and their identity crisis, Rajya Sabha TV

Rajya Sabha TV Published on May 29, 2015 Guests: Qamar Agha (International Affairs Expert & Senior Journalist); Veena Sikri (Former Ambassador); Subhash Chakma (Director, Asian Centre of Human Rights); Sanghmitra (Advocate, Human Rights Law Network, Delhi); Sanjay Bhardwaj (Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, JNU)  Share the story

Hurting Indians without papers, Daily News & Analysis

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam published on August 31 has excluded over 19 lakh people. Though the details are yet unknown, about one lakh Nepalis, an equal number of Scheduled Tribes, who are the original inhabitants of Assam, and over 10 lakh Bengali Hindus have been excluded from the NRC. The remaining […]