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Dr. Kh. Pou writes on how Manipur’s enduring hill-valley divide, rooted in history and mistrust, continues to fuel conflict, and why rebuilding trust is key to lasting peace.
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Manipur’s colonial legacy of dual administration, carried into the symbolism of Article 371-C of the Indian Constitution, continues to shape the state’s political tensions, undermining democratic principles of consent, justice, and equality, writes Dr. Kh. Pou.
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The scrapping of the Free Movement Regime is not just a policy shift but a direct assault on Naga identity, mobility, and sovereignty. Yet this moment of crisis also opens the door for reimagining strategies, languages, and frameworks in the long Naga struggle for self-determination.
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How India’s application of Kautilya’s ancient statecraft—Sham, Daam, Danda, and Bhed—has shaped the Naga conflict, revealing both its strategic utility and its unintended consequences.
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Tourism in Nagaland functions as a worldmaking process that selectively fabricates cultural symbols—like the ‘morung’ and ‘headhunter’—to legitimize dominant narratives and identities. Read or download the full Working Paper [PDF] below. Published on June 12, 2025 | Author: Salikyu Sangtam, PhD
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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.
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This special edition of ICNA is dedicated to revisiting a pivotal moment in postcolonial history — the 1951 Naga Plebiscite — and to critically reflecting on the decades of silence, suppression, and misrecognition that followed.
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Operation Sindoor was less a military maneuver and more a calculated electoral strategy aimed at shaping voter sentiment ahead of key state elections in India.
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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.
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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.
