New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Manipur's Experience with AFSPA John Shilshi, IPS (Retd.) White Falcon Publishing 328 Pages Rs 499/- (Hard Cover)

Exactly eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, atom bombs are again in the news. Rahul Gandhi has claimed to have dropped an atom bomb on the Election Commission of India through his allegations of vote chori (theft). Whether it is an atom bomb or a damp squib, time alone will tell.

But John Shilshi has indeed dropped an atom bomb about, not on, Manipur, his home State. He is a senior retired IPS officer of the Manipur cadre who, as the jacket cover of his book describes, has served in the Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of External Affairs, and the National Security Council. A highly decorated offic...