Vale of Tears: Untold Stories of violence in Manipur

Download or read book Vale of Tears: Untold Stories of violence in Manipur written by John S. Shilshi and published by John S. Shilshi. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book is a first hand account of violence incidents handled by the author as a police officer in insurgency torn state of Manipur in India's North Eastern region, covering the period 1990 - 2000. It recalls chilling incidents of excesses committed by members of security forces while dealing with insurgency related violence. It also recounts equally chilling incidence of savage tactics adopted by members of different communities against their rivals during communal and ethnic clashes. It points out certain system failures in the way insurgency has been handled for decades without course corrections, leading to human right violations, alienating the population of a peripheral state from the mainstream.