For the rioters in Pune, a Bodo tribal, a Meitei Manipuri and a Nepalese from Darjeeling were clearly indistinguishable and interchangeable: like peas in a bad pod. Unfortunately, this is not a stray blindness: it is almost a national trait.
Manipur has been under siege for 46 days. Home secretary Gopal Pillai tells Shoma Chaudhury what the centre is...