But clearly the Northeast Investment Policy will go nowhere if it is not embedded in a demonstrably democratic approach. The old raze-and-plunder approach of a rapacious Centre will need to be replaced by a development process that is genuinely participatory and which is, first and above all, sensitive to local sentiments, concerns and requirements. This has implications for the military mobilisation in the region, as well as the use of repressive instruments like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
There is a relevant old saying in these parts, ‘Bombna hourga poklaobina hoishanba’ which, I believe, translates as ‘let us not repeat age-old mistakes’.
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