Displaced Brus from Mizoram in Tripura: Time for Resolution
Abstract
History has been witness to the conflict-induced internal displacement of people in different states of Northeast India from time to time. While the issues of such displacement have been resolved in most of the North-ea...
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Brigadier Sushil Kumar Sharma, YSM, Ph.D. has wide-ranging experience of serving in North East India at various Command, Staff and Instructional appointments, including with the CRPF. The Officer has also served in two UN Mission assignments and attended two security-related courses in USA and Russia. He has been writing on the North East for the VIF, IDSA and the CLAWS. Presently he is teaching at the Amity Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies.
VIF Papers
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VIF Briefs
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