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Adivasis in Chhattisgarh use technology to reclaim maps and forest rights
How organisations like Khoj have empowered Adivasis in their bid to redefine state-imposed borders
Varun Sharma | Jan 16, 2023
From frontier to boundary
What the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-16 can tell us about contemporary border issues.
Bernardo Michael | Aug 26, 2020
Where is Assam?
Instead of accepting the nationalisation of everything through political cartographic boundaries, we can use geographical history to locate current social realities
David Ludden | Nov 15, 2005
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