Guwahati, June 17 -- Although ceasefires have been anviled with a number of insurgent outfits in the Northeast, robust follow-up mechanisms have-for one reason or the other-circuited the processes that have led up to it. This has led to prolonged periods of ceasefire, engendering thereby a sense of not only uneasiness among the once warring groups, but it has also acted as a "stalling-strategy" for militant outfits that have been waiting in the wings to enter into dialogue. The lament that is making the rounds is, "If there has been no perceptible solution to the high-profile Naga problem, which will complete 28 years on 1 August 2025, lesser groups would certainly be caught in a greater traffic jam."

Indeed, in a sense, the grievance is...