IFP Editorial, April 9 -- Terms like 'ancestral land' and of the valley people encroaching upon 'tribal land' have severally been quoted to press home politically induced narratives and demands as against the narrative of a shared historical experience among different communities.

KNF-N's recent statement regarding 'forceful occupation of tribal lands' in the matter of development of the sacred site of Ibudhou Koubru and Lai Pukhri at Koubru range is nothing but a spoiler in the fragile inter-community relations of the state. It seeks to threaten the social fabric and ethnic relations between the different communities inhabiting the state. Once again, we would like to reiterate the concept of ancestral land. Terms like 'ancestral land' a...