Excerpts from the book "Sikkim : The Wounds of History"

"This book is not about the people's revolution of 1973. Enough books have been written about that. Rather it shall focus on retracing the constitutional jugglery which took place to define Sikkim's status within the Union of India. The question of status is important here because we need to determine whether it is correct to club Sikkim with other 'regular' states of the Indian Union"

"There are so many questions which have not been answered yet, and this state of continuing confusion has caused the wounds of history to fester again...., which have been around for more than three decades now, and shall have to be addressed if Sikkim is to move on into the future....."


"Declassified documents and transcripts..... by the CIA show Henry Kissinger... Z.A.Bhutto... were offered the same explanation officially by the Govt. of India"


"Sikkim has not signed the instrument of accession , and in the future .... Sikkim Assembly passes a resolution to reverse the earlier resolution , then what would the Government of India do ? "


"But there is one more interesting 'old law' left .... The Government of Sikkim Act, 1974. This came to force ... and was recognized and given legitimacy by India after the 35th Amendment of the Constitution. ......... So is the Constitution of Sikkim still in existence ?"


"If a proud citizen like me has been forced to doubt certain aspects of my existence and nationality, then the country has some explaining to do to me and also the coming generations"