00727pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002200040245002500062260000900087300001500096362001000111520036200121650003600483650002800519773003400547180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBanerjee, Sumanta  aIndia's `Home' front  c2004  ap.4404-406  a2 Oct  aDuring the last 50 years, the Indian state seems to have succeeded more in alienating a large number of our people than in winning them over in the folds of its `home'. It is the home ministry, which has been trying to rule vast swathes of our country with a rod of iron - from Kashmir in the north-west to the seven sisters in the north-east. - Reproduced.  aIndia - Politics and government  aPolitics and government  aEconomic and Political Weekly