What is it about?

Xenophobic anxiety have been dominating the state’s day-to-day ethno-political life.

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Why is it important?

Ethno-politics of territory translates into the ‘politics of indigeneity’.

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The emergent ‘indigenous tribe’ politics is a strategy not only to claim further rights and entitlements from the state but also to question the ‘indigeneity’ of certain marginal ‘others’ in the state and their rights.

Dr. Thongkholal Haokip
Jawaharlal Nehru University

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This page is a summary of: Spurn Thy Neighbour: The Politics of Indigeneity in Manipur, Studies in Indian Politics, October 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2321023016665526.
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