Civilians must pay taxes to help finance the groups and many families "sacrifice" a son to the resistance, says Myanmar Naga activist Jacob Ngansa. But analyst Bertil Lintner believes the best the Myanmar Naga can hope for is more autonomy within the country. A united Nagaland is "never going to happen," he says, not least because the tribes are so divided among themselves. At a viewpoint overlooking Longwa village, smartly-dressed Rongsen Ao was one of the last tourists to make it to the border before it closed. Excitedly hopping from one side of a demarcation post to the other, the 65-year-old Indian Naga doctor said he had fulfilled a childhood dream by seeing the frontier in person.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 28, 2020 05:26 UTC