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South African President Thabo Mbeki made a rare national address to condemn the anti-immigrant violence but faced criticism for doing too little, too late.-GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP

The Other Africa

The recent violence in South Africa was not part of any generalised dislike of foreigners; it was directed against blacks.
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Memories in exile

The structure of the narrative of these histories suggests circularity rather than the more conventional linear approach.
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Reinventing Hindutva

The controversy over a recent Kannada novel provides an insight into the direction of the politics of religion and culture in Karnataka.
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Bodoland Territorial Council supporters take out a torchlight procession in Guwahati after the signing of the BTC agreement in 2003. The Bodo problem remains unresolved.-RITU RAJ KONWAR

Separatist strains

The current tensions in northeastern India are marked by a desire among various communities to assert their identities and gain official recognition.
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As good as new

One hundred and fifty years after it was written, the Assamese play "Ramnabami-Natak" is still refreshingly daring.
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JACOB ZUMA, WHO was expected to become the next President, outside the court in Pietermaritzburg on September 20 when charges against him were dismissed.-MARK WING/AP

Cracks in consensus

Strains develop in the Tripartite Alliance that rules post-apartheid South Africa.
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Murky drama

An insider's account of how the political machinations in South Africa impacted on the author and her family.
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AN NSCN(I-M) MILITANT stands guard at the NSCN headquarters in Hebron near Dimapur.-RITU RAJ KONWAR

Degrees of separatism

On the struggles for separation in the northeastern region.
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A TRIBAL WOMAN in Haflong, southeast of Guwahati in Assam.-ANUPAM NATH/AP

In the name of changing names

Given the unique features of the Assamese language, there is no way `Assam' can be accurately transcribed in the English script.
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Fruits of unrest

A perspective on the influence of insurgency on economic growth in Assam.
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In Johannesburg, newspapers went to town with reports of former Deputy President Jacob Zuma being charged with rape.-IQBAL PLADI/REUTERS

Signs of decay

Sleaze and slander involving leading ruling party politicians, including former Deputy President Jacob Zuma, trouble South Africa whose freedom from a
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In the name of tribal identities

The `ethnic clashes' reported from Assam are in fact targeted killings intended to destroy systematically groups perceived as the `other'. A look at t
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