Violence exposes Meghalaya’s fault lines

HUNDREDS of black-garbed, masked motorcycle riders last week streamed into Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, carrying black flags and exuding an aura of menace. Making it even stranger, they had also masked their number plates with black cloth, making identification difficult. These were members/loyalists of the Khasi Students Union (KSU), a non-governmental organisation that issues diktats, […]