Polls hardly matter in this Manipur district as Nagas close ranks behind a long economic blockade

Ipsita Chakravarty (Courtesy : scroll.in) The check post is easy to miss from the road – mere sheets of tarpaulin rigged on bamboo poles, an outcrop of rock casting a shadow over it. Then a scrawny young man, face covered by a black pollution mask, steps out on the road to flag down passing vehicles. […]

Ipsita Chakravarty (Courtesy : scroll.in) The check post is easy to miss from the road – mere sheets of tarpaulin rigged on bamboo poles, an outcrop of rock casting a shadow over it. Then a scrawny young man, face covered by a black pollution mask, steps out on the road to flag down passing vehicles. […]

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