Tripura’s separatist-era generation: how a peace dividend is reshaping the state
The generation that grew up after the insurgency accords is building something new — and in a hurry.
Tripura’s insurgency-era violence ended with the accords of the 1990s and 2000s, and the generation born since has known only the peace. That generation is now coming of age — and it is in a hurry.
Startups, cafés, sports academies and an aggressive travel scene have sprung up in a state that once emptied of its youth.
‘My parents built the peace,’ one young founder said. ‘My job is to make it worth keeping.’