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About the AuthorWasbir Hussain
The writer, a political commentator based in Guwahati, is editor-in-chief of Northeast Live, the region�??s only English and Hindi satellite news channel. The views expressed here are his own.
    Wasbir Hussain | War cry in Northeast India after Yunus’ China embraceColumnists
    Wasbir Hussain | War cry in Northeast India after Yunus’ China embrace

    The big question also is: Can Dhaka actually afford to totally antagonise India? The answer is a clear “no” because its...

    4 April 2025 12:20 AM IST

    Nongthombam Biren Singh started political career with Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party in 2002.Columnists
    Wasbir Hussain | Blistering strife, instability led to Manipur Prez...

    The apparent failure of the BJP Legislature Party in Manipur to arrive at a consensus on a new leader indicates the...

    17 Feb 2025 10:50 PM IST

    Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E IndiaColumnists
    Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E India

    Domestic or internal power shifts in countries can alter bilateral relations with their neighbours. This is...

    2 Jan 2025 12:12 AM IST

    Wasbir Hussain | Naga peace talks: Untying the knot might be difficultColumnists
    Wasbir Hussain | Naga peace talks: Untying the knot might be difficult

    NSCN(I-M) threatens armed resistance as India denies demands for a separate flag and constitution in Naga peace talks

    28 Nov 2024 12:02 AM IST

    Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boilColumnists
    Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil

    In the full-scale ethnic war between the Meiteis and the Kukis that Manipur has been witnessing since May 3,...

    22 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Wasbir Hussain | Manipur: Local ethnic ‘war’ turns into a national crisisColumnists
    Wasbir Hussain | Manipur: Local ethnic ‘war’ turns into a national...

    It began as a local ethnic “war” between the majority Meiteis and the minority Kuki tribal people, but 16...

    11 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Local women take part in the Save Manipur Walk, in Imphal. (File Image: PTI)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | End turmoil in Manipur & tame the radicals now

    14 months of ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kukis has left Manipur in turmoil, challenging the government to...

    4 July 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay during the inauguration of the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Mother and Child Hospital, in Thimphu, Bhutan, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | India's Himalayan embrace: Thimphu ties get enhanced

    PM Modi's visit to Bhutan reinforces strong ties, promises support for development projects.

    27 March 2024 12:07 AM IST

    The ULFA on Dec. 29, 2023 signed a peace accord with the central and Assam governments in Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Will Ulfa accord really bring peace to Assam?

    The Ulfa accord may have ended the insurgency for its 700-odd cadres who have been living in designated camps

    6 Jan 2024 12:29 AM IST

    Police guard an area after 14 civilians were killed by Indian security forces over the weekend in Mon district, Nagaland (Photo by AFP)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Nagaland firing's fallout: Spotlight back on AFSPA

    During the past few days following the Mon incident, the chorus for the repeal of AFSPA has been growing across the...

    9 Dec 2021 9:14 AM IST

    The site of Saturdays ambush is among the three listed drugs trafficking, more precisely heroin smuggling, routes through which the contraband articles are brought from Myanmar into Manipur for onward supply to the rest of India and outside. (AP)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Myanmar the key factor in Manipur's hot' insurgency

    The key question that arises is why the security forces in Manipur have been taking such big hits

    17 Nov 2021 2:36 AM IST

    On July 9, Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla held a meeting in New Delhi with the chief secretaries of Assam and Mizoram in a bid to resolve the boundary issue between the two states. (Twitter)Opinion
    Wasbir Hussain | Assam-Mizo firing: Spark behind clash still mystery

    The worst violence in recent years along any inter-state border in the Northeast took place within 48 hours of Shah's...

    29 July 2021 2:00 AM IST

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