Seven documentaries by John Keay about the Asian frontier 6: Assertive Minorities
To a Gilgit peasant, Islamabad is remote and irrelevant.
Well-organised and articulate secessionist movements abound in the Himalayas from
Baluchistan to Darjeeling, where the Gorkaland Liberation Front is posing some problems for New Delhi. How can separatist aspirations be reconciled with existing national hegemony? Contributors include
PINTO NORBU. SUBHAS GHISING and JAMSHED BURKI
Producer DAVID PERRY