People’s Campaign for Resurgent Manipur

Indo-Naga Peace Talks and India’s Northeast Identities, Aspirations and Way Forward [Panel Discussion on Google Meet: http://meet.google.com/wsb-ydcq-qdh ]   Since its inception in mid-twentieth century, the postcolonial Indian State has been facing the challenge of dealing with the aspirations of its variegated population. By adopting multicultural political ethos and other institutional mechanisms, the Indian State seeks to address some of these aspirations.  To some extent, such an attempt has been successful in addressing the aspirations. However, those associated with nationalist varieties have remained unresolved. This is particularly true in the case of those nationalist assertions in India’s Northeast.  Undoubtedly, Naga nationalist assertion is a salient one amongst those aspirations. In fact, it is a phenomenon that predates the birth of the republic itself. The issue has led to one of the bloodiest armed confrontations for decades since mid-twentieth century.  Many attempts