Diametrical Nationalisms: Rulers, Rebels, and Masses in Manipur

This book attempts to analyse the character of the Indian State and the material objectives of Indian nationalism and counter-insurgency, in specific context of Manipur. It studies the dialectics of the growth of insurgency, which have been instrumental in the articulation of anti-colonial discourses and the civil liberties assertions for democratic rights and security.

It further narrates the chronology of the growth of the diametrical nationalist forces and the complex processes of the coordination and conflict among those forces. It also enquires if either the rulers or the rebels, rallying on the mass support and operating in the name of the masses, have been able to make any revolutionary breakthrough for the larger chunk of the masses.