The old man by the waterfall: deep entanglements of culture, state-making and geopolitics in Arunachal Pradesh
Kaustubh Deka
Abstract:Arunachal Pradesh, a state in Northeast India, is going through a
phase of rapid infrastructural expansion, a phenomenon intensified due
to the state’s geostrategic location. Despite the colonial enterprise
of frontier-making and the resulting securitisation of space, the
presence of the eastern Himalayan frontier has historically infused
the region with elements of both steadfastness and dynamism, as its
spatial fluidity persists in one form or the other. Meanwh… Show more
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