The title of this blog has been lifted from the introduction to Frontier Travails—Northeast: The Politics of a Mess, by the same author.
Frontier Travails had been a historical assessment of the Northeast, and Knots by Northeast had been mean to draw the reader into the historicity of the mess that the Northeast was, both in the past, as well at the time the book was written in 2001. Not much seems to have changed since then. All for the wrong reasons.
This blog will not be preoccupied with the partylines way of looking at politics. Yet, politics the blog will surely be about in many ways without being morbidly obsessed with headlines. Knots by Northeast will be harsh on that recalcitrant lot who refuse to change for the better, and remain steadfast in not letting others change either. All for a good reason.
Subir Ghosh, incidentally, is also editor-publisher of NortheastUnlimited.