Northeast India, connected to the rest of the country by only a narrow strip of land, has long been a site of tension between people native to the region--many of whom demand more political independence--and representatives of the mainland and the Indian state. In 2004, one of the region's notorious paramilitary groups famously arrested and killed a young woman named Thangjam Manorama. This collection takes its inspiration from the mass demonstrations that arose after her death and the unprecedented protests against the violence that has wracked the area.
In a diverse series of...