PRESENTATION ON BOOK REVIEW

BY

SH. AJAY YADAV

Assistant Commandant/GD

18TH BN I.T.B.P.F.
 TITLE OF THE BOOK
NORTH – EAST INDIA
-POLITICS & INSURGENCY

Written by

DR. CHANDRASHEKHAR SINGH

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• MAHAMMOOD BIN MUHAMMAD A WRITER AND POET OF
DISTINCTON HAS GAINED NATION WISE RECOGNITION AS A
LEADING POLICE THEORITIAN AND HAS THE RARE
DISTINCTIONOF HAVING SERVED AS AMBASSADOR OF INDIA TO
SAUDI ARABIA AFTER DESTINGOISHI NG HIMSELF IN THE INDIAN
POLICE SERVICE. HE IS NOW A TRUSTEE OF HE.THE NIZAMS
CHARITABLE TRUST HYDERABAD AND IS ACTIVELY ASSOCIATED
WITH SEVERAL OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS
AND ORGANISATIONS.
• EDUCATED IN MADRAS UNIVERCITY FROM WHITCH HE
RECEIVED HIS M.A. AND B.A. DEGREES MR. MAHAMOOD .AFTER
A STINT AS MUNSIF-MAGISTRATE AND LECTURER IN ENGLISH
ENTERED THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE AND ROSE TO OCCUPY
HIGH POSITIONS AT THE STATE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIOL
LEVELS.
• AMONG HIS OTHER PUBLICATIONS ARE THREE BOOK TITLED
ANEW IMAGE FOR THE POLICE.A POLICEMAN PONDERS .THE
FUNDAMENTALS OF FUNDAMENTALISM BESIDS ABOOKLET OF
POMES TITLED FATASA.
 THIS BOOK HAS A TWO FOLD PURPOSE
• FIRST TO IDENTIFY ,ANALYSE AND ENCAPSULATE A THEM THAT
HAS DOMINATED WORLD NEWS EVER SINCE 9/11 AND SECOND
TO DISPEL THE VARIOUS MYTHS SURROUNDING IT. IN REALITY,
TERRORISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION BUT
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS. REDICAL
MOVEMENT ARE USUALLY BORN OUT OF A PERCEPTION
ALIENATION OR MARGINALISATION A BROODING SENSE
INJUSTICE RANKLING IN THE HUMAN HEART. DRIVEN TO THE
BRAKING POINT –WHICH IS DIFFERET FOR EACH OF US ONE
BECOMES, OUT OF SHEER FRUSTRATION A TERRORIST, A
CRIMINAL OR OTHERWISE ABNORMAL. THE ANSWAR IS TO BE
SOUGHT IN A NEW SOCIAL ORDER IN HOME AND SCHOOL NOT IN
BATTLEFIELD IN PERENTS AND TEACHERS NOT IN WARRIORS IN
THE PEN TONGUE AND THE HEART NOT IN THE SWORD.
 THE ANATOMY OF TERRORIST
• IN OFFICIAL US DOCUMENTS “TERRORISM”IS
DEFINED AS THE CALCULATED USE OF
VIOLENCE OR THREAT OF VIOLENCE ATTAIN
GOALS THAT ARE POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR
IDEOLOGICAL IN NATURE THROUGH
INTIMIDATION, COERCION OR INSTIUING FEAR
WHEN A TERRORIST STAND UP AGAINST A SUPER
POWER HE IS LIKELY TO GAIN PUBLIC SUPPORT
AND BECOME SOME KIND OF A FOLK HERO.
THERE IS ALSO AN ELEMENT OF MASOCHISTIC
BRAVADO WHICH ENCOURAGES HIM TO KILL OR
GET KILLED
EXTREMISM HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLICE

• THE TERM “HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS”IS

COMMONLY USED INTER ALIA TO REFER TO
POLICE EXESSES-CRUEL TRAETMENT OF
PRISONERS AND SUSPECTS-COLLOQUIALLY
KNOWN AS THE “THIRD DEGREE”. THIS TERM
HAS ACQUIRD A SPECIAL ODIUM DURING THE
TWO YEARS OF EMERGENCY(1975-77) WHEN
ACCORDING TO AN ESTIMATE 1.07,56,964
STERILISATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT FORCIBLY
IN NORTH INDIA ,OUT OF WHICH 2,322 PROVED
FATAL.
 IN SEARCH OF A LEADER

• A PITHY REMARK LIKE THIS IS LIKELY TO

RAISE MANY EYE BROWS BUT THE
UNDER LYING MESSAGE IS LOUD AND
CLEAR IN ANY CASE IT DOSE PROVIDE A
CLUE TO THE SO- CALLED “GHETO
MINDEST”OF THE MUSLIMS IN INDIA.
 HUMAN VALUES,THE MISSING LINK

•THE WORLD HAS SEEN MANY

PHILOSPHERS,SCIENTISTS AND INNOVATORS WHO
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAKING OF
HUMANITY ONE OF THEM SAID ;THE WORLD
MERELY CHANGES.IT DOES NOT PROGRASS”.

•IN OTHER WORDS, CHANGE DOES NOT SIGNIFY

HUMAN PROGRASS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND ITS MATERIALS BENEFITS ARE OFTEN
MISTAKEN FOR PROGRESS.
 THE PROBLEMS OF YOUTH ARE THE
PROBLEMS OF THE POLICE

• THE YOUNG MIND IS THE FAIREST FLOWER IN

GOD’S CREATION. IT IS FULL OF PURITY AND
HAREMONY.THE GOLDEN AGE EXISTS ONY FOR
THE YOUNG.YOUTH IS THE TO MAKE LOVE.SING
SONG,WRITE POETRY AND CARVE STATUES.THE
YOUNG PEOPLE GO ABOUT ENJOYING LIFE AND
MAKING OTHER PEOPLE ENJOY THEIRS. THE
PLEASURES AND PASSIONS THE DREAMS AND
DARLING JOYS OF YOUTH HAVE BEEN SUNG BY
MANY POETS AT ALL TIMES.
 THE KASHMIR IMBROGLIO
KASHMIR IS PASSING THROUGH TUMULTUOUS TIMES. THE

BEAUTIFUL PARADISE HAS ALMOST TURNED IN TO HELL

GANDHIJI HAD CALLED KASHMIR “THE BEACON LIGHT

OFOUR INDEPENDENCE AND UNITY”UNDOUBTEDLY

,WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE TODAY SHOULD BE A

MATTER OF CONCERN AND ANGISH TO ALL PATRIOTIC

AND RIGHT-THINKING INDIANS .THERE IS HOWEVER,NO

ROOM FOR DES PAIR.

 CONCLUSION

• BASICALLY TERRORISM IS THE PRODUCT OF A

SICK MIND;IT IS NURTURED BY A BROODING
SENSE OF INJUSTICE ,AND IS SUSTAINED
HARTED”.
• WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT WE ARE NEXT-
DOOR NEIGHBOUS AND GOALS.NEIGHBOUR
HOOD FRICTION ARE INEVITABLE.
• “THE FIVE BASIC HUMAN VALUES VIZ, GOODN
CONDUCT ,RIGHTOUSNESS TRUTH ,PEACE,
LOVE,AND NON- VIOLENCE, ARE UNIVERSAL
AND UNCHANGEABLE. IF THEY ARE FOR SAKEN
THEN CHAOS,NOT ORDER, WILL BE OUR FATE”.