Naga Community Celebrates As Rebel Leader Muivah Returns Home After 50 Years

Thuingaleng Muivah, the 91-year-old chief of the northeast's largest insurgent group NSCN(IM), returned to his village today in Manipur's Ukhrul district - where he has not set foot for 50 years. Hundreds of people lined up on the streets of Ukhrul to welcome their "Ato Kilonser", or "prime minister" in the NSCN(IM) heirarchy. Schoolchildren in bright red sweaters waved the distinct light blue flag of their community, and dozens of men and women in traditional Tangkhul Naga attire came to greet Muivah.