Aware of the fact that the NSCN (I-M)?s leadership has acquired a public face, Kitovi said: ?I do not have the gift of hypnotising people. But our organisation will surely organise a meeting of tribal organisations through NGOs to build a consensus on various issues.?

The rebel leader co-ordinates the activities of the NSCN (K) in Nagaland from the international border, thanks to a satellite phone whose LCD screen changes from ?India? to ?Myanmar? in the span of a few steps.

Inside the dense forest where the camps are, even sunlight is rare. Hukato, one of the guerrillas of the outfit, said hunting was the main source of food in these tough living conditions.