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NORTHEAST INDIA AT THE CROSSROADS:
PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Between rising in die morning and falling at night, Joseph S. Kulathunkal, an insider has scripted Northeast India at the Crossroads: Peace and Development, a critical research study of the strife and struggle of the people of India’s northeast at the botched and biased stratagems of the successive Central governments and the State governments of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Heckled by geo-political forces, northeastern insurgents and Hindutva hegemony genuine citizens cannot stop demanding a piece of peace and development.
Dr- Joseph S. Kulathunkal (aka Kulam), |HLgp-,., JLii m SDB, has an M. A. and a PhD in historical Hu|||V|J<|| spirituality after 7 years of study at Fordham jjjRggrT^^^ University, New York, l .S.A. A professor J^Ktk emeritus of Salesian College, Dimapur, India affiliated to Nagaland University he also holds a diploma in journalism from London School of Journalism. Dr. Kulathunkal’s book Disinterested Love: The Theory of Love in the Thought of Saint Francis de Sales was published by Michigan University, U. S. A. Besides the above he authored A Pathway to God and Treasury of English Phrases.

CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
ASSAM: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
Introduction
Crime rate in Assam
Origin of United Liberation Front of Ahom
United Liberation Front of Ahom’s claims: a critique
Holding talks with ULFA
Rehabilitation of militants: rubber cultivation
Pig farm
Rebel employment
Grain bank empowers villagers
Unconventional solution to insurgency
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER 2
SAFFRONISATION OF THE NORTHEAST
Introduction
Secret Circula
I Northeast India at the Crossroads: Peace and Development
Secret Letter
Saffronisation of Nagaland
Saffronisation of Arunachal Pradesh
Saffronisation of Manipur
Saffronisation of Tripura
Saffronisation of Assam
Hinduism a proselytizing religion: An appraisal
Allegations against Christian proselytizing the northeast
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER 3
EDUCATION IN THE NORTHEAST: LOGJAMS AND SOLUTIONS
Introduction
A critique on education in the northeast
Logjams in education: solutions
Skills education
Prevention of students’ suicide
‘Saffronisation’ of education
Peace Education
Human Rights Education
Right to Education
Sex Education
English Education
Conclusion
Notes
CHAPTER 4
ODYSSEY OF NAGA PEACE
Introduction
Origin of the Nagas
Some Naga customs
Naga feuds and clashes
Nagas under the Ahoms
Nagas under the British
Odyssey of Naga peace
Conclusion
Notes
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX