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Jun 2023
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Can India end the ethnic violence in the...

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Ethnic violence has engulfed India's northeastern Manipur state since early May.  More than 100 people have been killed and thousands displaced. So can New Delhi bring peace to this often-overlooked part of the country?

Join host Dareen Abughaida.

Guests:

Ngamjahao Kipgen, Associate Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Bhagat Oinam, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Subir Bhaumik, Journalist covering Northeast India

 

 

 

 

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