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Arkotong Longkumer
Arkotong Longkumer is a senior lecturer in Modern Asia at the University of Edinburgh. His latest book, The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast (Stanford University Press, 2021) was long-listed for the New India Foundation Book Prize.
The Sangh Parivar's valorisation of Rani Gaidilniu is a rare instance when a tribal leader from the North East is celebrated as a national icon over and above other — often Christian — leaders…