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Civil wars, social conflicts,

communal riots and struggle for
existence and self-assertion are
Vol.1 No.10 May 2008 all that matter to everyone, but
bother none - only the two who are
on either side of these. The recent
Editor in Chief & Publisher – Pradyot Manikya Deb Burman unrest in Tibet is a similar incident,
Managing Editor – Rajoo Sharma which raised many a storm over
Political Editor – Joydeep Bhattacharjee coffee cups, but failed to attract any
Current Affair & Feature Editor – Madhuparna Bhattacharjee pro-active action, which could have
Entertainment Editor – Gail T.W. Thomas
defused tension in the Southeast. Traditionally, Southeast
has been the epicenter of various conflicts that relate to one’s
Office secretary – Sanghamitra Roy
right to nationhood, other’s right to territorial integrity, one’s
Accountant – John Jamatia
demand for basic rights, other’s justification for denying
Correspondents: those; and cumulatively, they have given shape to this ever
Assam: D. Banerjee, A. Roy
Tripura: Ratnadeep Choudhury active region struggling to attain a social equilibrium. In
Mizoram: Ratnadeep Choudhury none of those cases, any influential state took enough interest
Columnist - Subir Bhawmik to resolve the issue and this time Tibet is of no exception.
So is the international reaction only suggestive and never
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S.S. Chandel and associates assertive. The Tibetans protesting China’s occupation over
its land is as old as Independent India, but the matter still
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deal with Mao Zedong and acknowledged its idea of ‘One
China’ theory. But it was widely expected India would take
opportunity this time to get maximum benefit out of this
unrest. Lest China take offence to India’s allegiance to the
Dalai Lama and his followers, India was soft on China’s
aggression. But what about a demand for independent
inquiry into the incident and a genuine study to find out the
state of affairs within Tibet? Probably India has a role to
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Of Che Guevara
and Manipur
The Jananeta Irawat Charitable Trust organized the
80th birth anniversary of iconic revolutionary leader
Che Guevara today at the Jananeta Irawat People`s
Museum. Floral tributes were offered by members of
the trust. Cuba better watch out since Manipur seems
more concerned about Che than even his beloved
Cuba or his country of birth Argentina. Maybe the
South American nations can reciprocate by having the
birthday of Veer Tikamrajit the brave general from
Manipur who lost his life defending his land against
the British. A perfect case of comrades in arms.

Man robs bank to pay for Escaped burglar asks cops to help
used truck while sales- with handcuffs
man waits outside
Cops are looking for a man who
allegedly robbed money from a
bank to buy a used truck while the
vehicle salesman waited outside.
The alleged con-man took the
truck for a test drive from a down-
town car dealership along with the
salesman who tagged along to a
nearby bank. While the salesman
was waiting outside the con-man
went inside in the pretext that he
needed some money to pay for the
truck. The salesman didn’t realise A man caught breaking into a German supermarket late at night escaped despite be-
that the man had allegedly passed ing handcuffed to railings - only to be arrested after he ran to a nearby police station
a note to a bank teller demanding to get the cuffs removed.
cash. After robbing the bank he A security guard had cuffed the man and held three others after spotting the break-
climbed inside the truck and told in. But by the time officers arrived, the man had managed to escape, police said.
the salesman he wanted to show Arriving at the police station, the 19-year-old told officers he had been locked up by
the truck to a friend in Sherwood a friend as a joke, and asked for their help. The officers at first went along with the
Park before buying it. Where he ruse, ‘also laughing at the man’s apparent misfortune,’ police said. However, sus-
promptly abandoned the car and pecting he was the missing man from the break-in, they pressed him for details after
left the salesman dumfounded. removing the cuffs. The man then confessed his role and was promptly re-united
with his three accomplices in the station’s prison cell.
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