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There’s a lot in a name: Use of the term ‘northeast’ doesn’t do justice to the complex history of the region’s statesSubscriber Only

February 04,2023 07:15:51 AM

The adoption of the term by the post-colonial state was in recognition of its transitory conflict-mediating and order-keeping functions. Yet, after 75 years of a post-colonial afterlife, the identity of the ‘northeast’ is still shaped primarily by its oppositional relationship with other parts of the country