In Nagaland, let ‘perturbed peace’ pave way to ‘durable peace’

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The unusual situation that has arisen out of the Indo-Naga conflict has certainly contributed to a state of affairs that can be characterised as “chaotic”. After all the insurgency, notwithstanding the cessation of hostilities with the NSCN (IM) in 1997 is the longest running insurgency in the world. But is also true that even as Nagaland has perhaps one of the highest extortion rates in the country: the illegal taxes that are being collected by various insurgent groups are being referred to, as is the attendant fact that it is one of the most “weaponised” state in the country, there...