Breakthrough in Nagaland

August 05, 2015 13:34

Good beginnings are no guarantee to good outcomes. India has taken a big step forward in ending the protracted Naga insurgency by signing a framework agreement with the largest and most prominent of the armed Naga groups, the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah). However, not all the major issues stand sorted out with this agreement, and some smaller groups have not been part of the decisive phases of the peace process. Read more

Also read: Nitin Gokhale's piece for Rediff.com: Peace at last, peace at last. Thank God Almighty, peace at last.

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