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A short report based on their book, Alpa Shah, who teaches anthropology at the London School of Economics, is the author, most recently, of Nightmarch: Among India's Revolutionary Guerrillas; it...

Thanks to a "lurker" a pointer to book recommended by a SME:Link:https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/2bxpyo/i_am_v_balachandran_a_former_special_secretary/

Indian commentary, not with an insurgency focus, on the problems faced by CT agencies, by an Indian SME. This phrase would apply...

Indian policing commentary, not with an insurgency focus, by an Indian SME and here is a telling phrase:
Link:https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/whats-to-be-done-with-our-cops/299556

Within this large document is a "gem", an article by Lt General (Dr.) VK Ahluwalia, former Commander in Chief, Indian Army’s Central Command; it tackles insurgency and terrorism....

Two reports, first an Indian newspaper with official statistics after this headline and...

Via the author two reviews from India of his book (Post 196 refers).

From a former paramilitary police officer:Link:...

A lengthy BBC News report, headlined 'Counting the dead in Manipur's shoot-to-kill war' and opens with:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40271353

Thanks to a "lurker" for the pointer to this new book and the precis cited in part states:The author:Link:https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-India-Safe-Internal-Security/dp/9352644751

Reminded today that there is a separate thread in the Doctrine & TTP arena which dates back to 2008-2009 The Gill Doctrine (Indian CT)

The legal position of India's armed forces when engaged in internal security operations are governed by the AFSPA; not without controversy as this article...

After the Bihar post above a "lurker" points to an October 2009 article by an Indian SME on the Naxalite / Maoist adversary, as they are slow to change their strategy it is...

A long Carnegie report. From the introduction:Link:http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/09/fighting-insurgency-with-politics-case-of-bihar/j1n0

A lengthy review of the book 'Policing Insurgencies: Cops as Counterinsurgents'. Edited by C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly; is attached; it concerns all the chapters, not just those on India.

A reminder that this book has two chapters on Indian policing and COIN: 'Policing Insurgencies: Cops as Counterinsurgents'. Edited by C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly. Published by OUP (India)...

A true Indian SME has a commentary, it opens with:
Link:http://www.thequint.com/opinion/2016/01/06/beyond-pathankot-attack-well-trained-swat-teams-need-of-the-hour

By coincidence I caught up with my reading pile today, amongst the pile is a small journal 'Durbar' by the Indian Military History Society and an article 'Fighting The Nagas, 1832-1880'. In summary...

Earlier I noted an Indian report that a ceasefire had finally been agreed with the Nagaland insurgents, talks started in 1997 and the insurgency started sixty years ago. Indian tweets say:

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Taken from a WoTR column by Shashank Joshi.

The map is great, partly as I don't recall catching one before. The accompanying report darws attention to the impact of actual and potential gains from mining iron ore in large areas of the maoist...

A reasonably lengthy Indian newspaper review of the role of the soldier (and paramilitary) in India today and I do rather like the phrase 'Garrison...

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Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistan Ambassador to US:

Link:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-08/news/53691397_1_counter-terrorism-zawahiri-isis

Shashank Joshi, of RUSI, has a commentary in The Hindu, an Indian newspaper, on Al-Qaeda’s announcement of the creation of a South Asian wing, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent...

A "lurker" has responded and pointed to a 2009 academic conference paper by a retired Indian police / intelligence official. The paper takes a broad approach and contains some "gems" on Indian...

Elsewhere on SWJ mention has been made pf the apparent absence of an internal jihadist activity when compared to the size of India's Muslim minority, so Stephen Tankel's latest offering 'Jihadist...