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The Assam Accord 1985 — What It Promised, What It Delivered, and How It Led to the NRC The Assam Accord 1985 — What It Promised, What It Delivered, and How It Led to the NRC By BUGLE  |  June 2026  |  Last updated: June 2026  |  13 min read The short answer: The Assam Accord was signed on August 15, 1985 between the Government of India and the leaders of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) to end a six-year anti-foreigner agitation. It promised to identify and deport illegal migrants who entered Assam after March 24, 1971, protect Assamese cultural identity, and update the National Register of Citizens. Forty years later, the detection and deportation of post-1971 migrants has barely happened, the NRC update it mandated excluded 1.9 million people but sent almost none back to Bangladesh, and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019 — which offers citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh — is widely seen in Assam as a direct...

Who Are the Naga People? — Tribes, Identity, and Why "Naga" Means Many Different Things Blogger publishing instructions — Post 3 of 10 Blogger > New Post Title: HTML view > paste everything inside div id="post-body" Labels: N Search Description: . Internal links: link from your Nagaland peace talks post at every mention of "Naga people" to this post Publish Who Are the Naga People? — Tribes, Identity, and Why "Naga" Means Many Different Things By BUGLE  |  June 2026  |  Last updated: June 2026  |  12 min read BUGLE has covered Naga politics and identity since 2008 — including our detailed post on the Nagaland peace talks. This post gives you the cultural and historical foundation that makes those politics comprehensible. What is in this guide Where the Nagas live — geography and spread Where the name "Naga" comes from Who counts as Naga — and why ...

Why Does Northeast India Feel Ignored by Mainland India? An Honest Examination Why Does Northeast India Feel Ignored by Mainland India? An Honest Examination By BUGLE  |  June 2026  |  Last updated: June 2026  |  13 min read The direct answer: It is not entirely perception. There are structural, historical, geographical, and political reasons why Northeast India has received less attention, less investment, and less representation than its population and size would warrant in a truly federal democracy. But the story is also more complicated than simple neglect — some Northeast states rank well on human development indicators, government spending on the region has increased significantly since 2014, and the grievances themselves vary enormously between the eight states. This post examines all of it honestly — the real data, the structural explanations, and the things that are genuinely improving. What is in this post What an...

The Nagaland Peace Talks — 30 Years, 600 Rounds, and Still No Accord The Nagaland Peace Talks — 30 Years, 600 Rounds, and Still No Accord By BUGLE  |  June 2026  |  Last updated: June 2026  |  13 min read Where things stand in June 2026: The Government of India and the NSCN-IM have been in formal peace talks since 1997 — nearly three decades. Over 600 rounds of negotiations have taken place. A landmark Framework Agreement was signed in August 2015. And yet, as of June 2026, there is no final peace accord. The talks are not dead — a ceasefire holds and violence has significantly declined. But the two core demands that have blocked a final settlement since 2020 — a separate Naga flag and a separate Naga constitution — remain unresolved. This is the complete story of why. What is in this guide Who are the Nagas and what do they want? The history — from 1947 to the 1997 ceasefire The Framework Agreement of 2015 Wh...