How Oscar hopeful put India’s little-known Indigenous community on the global stage

NEW DELHI: Little known in India and abroad, the Konyak people have over the past few weeks gained global attention after an Oscar hopeful brought an unexpected spotlight to their history and culture. Set in Nagaland, a mountainous state in India’s northeast with a population of some 2.5 million people, “Angh” is a story of the last surviving chief of a deserted village on the border with Myanmar. He is struggling to preserve the beliefs, customs and authority passed down through generations, as

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