Recently, a ceremonial transfer of land between Assam Rifles and Mizoram government took place to mark the relocation of ...

Over the years, colonial policies deepened this fragmentation, culminating in 1937, when Burma was officially separated from British India, further cementing the division of Naga territories.

Like dozens of other Indigenous Naga tribes, the Konyak’s land straddles the mountains that divide India and Myanmar. Naga villages are usually built on hilltops for security, something that ...

LONGWA, India — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief.

But recently, residents have been worried about another, less visible, local landmark: the border between India and Myanmar, which runs right through the village’s center. National boundaries never ...

Like dozens of other Indigenous Naga tribes, the Konyak’s land straddles the mountains that divide India and Myanmar. Naga villages are usually built on hilltops for security, something that ...

“At that time we had no idea this is India or Myanmar. It was a free land. There was nobody who understood English or Hindi. They understood nothing,” Phawang says. Like dozens of other Indigenous ...