The Naga situation remains a political conundrum—rooted in colonial legacies, defined by resistance, and caught in the enduring tension between survival and sovereignty, history and hope, identity and imposed order.
It was one of the most distinctive democratic and raw exercises in Asia’s postcolonial history. There were no guns or coercion—only ink thumb impressions of clarity to define their own destiny as a sovereign Naga Nation.
The Naga political landscape, long marked by fragmented authority, is shifting as digital platforms reshape politics and foster new possibilities for unity amid weakening traditional institutions.