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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Wounds and mending the Scars

In the state of Manipur, a recent abominable incident has sent shockwaves across the nation as Meitei mobs unleashed a savage attack on B...

Union Territory with Legislature: The Only Way to Permanent Peace!

With the violence between the Hill (Kukis) and Valley (Meiteis) in Manipur showing no sign of abetment, the demand for Separate Administration from the...

Modi, Gandhi and Manipur: The impact of action and non-action

There is a book by Toshikazu Kawaguchi called Before the Coffee Gets Cold. The book talks about a café that allows its customers to...

Why NIA Court Issue Non-Bailable Warrant Against 12 Innocent Kuki-Zo?

The issuance of Non-Bailable Warrants to 12 Kuki-Zo individuals by the Special Judge NIA Imphal West, based on a case filed by Meitei OC...

Disinformation as a Tool in Manipur Conflict

The ongoing conflict between the majority Meitei community and the minority Kuki-Zo tribes in Manipur has been continuing for over a month now. While...

An era of Depreciation

Humans become more critical and judgmental with education. Gradual deterioration of cultural values is the order of the day. There are more dissenting voices...

In Support of ‘Boycott LSE 2024’

The Lok Sabha Election 2024 is barely a week away from now. Normally, a candidate or two with outright endorsement from obvious civil bodies...

Exploring Negative Effects of Manipur Violence on Displaced Kuki-Zo Students and the Impact on...

Education is one of the most important parts of development and is necessary for uplifting society and a country. That is why it is one...

Women and War – A closer look at the ongoing conflict in Manipur

“Violence against women implies not only an assault of the body, mind or soul, but it also occurs when the conditions are being enabled...

Legend of Kuki, Meiteis and Nagas common origin from one ancestor found in folktales

"What the poet and the story teller relates may be fiction but what he mentions is apt from history" and reflects a time when the three lived as one family, which is a much needed necessity in the current state of Manipur.

The remorseless looting of Human Rights: A Scourge of Violation

The winds of change linger around in Imphal but the pungent and stale state of the city remains the same. Seasons have changed over...

Government has to rethink its vigilance on the ‘Popgee’ case in good faith

2023 is risen! The first two months of the new year have notoriously witnessed two infamous, tectonic incidents in the state of Manipur in...

Is Total Separation the Only Solution and Way Forward for war-torn Manipur State?

The genesis of present ethnic cleansing in Manipur State The ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur State of India is an outcome of total failure and...

It all begins with Biren Singh Greater Imphal Project: The Pre-Plan Ethnic Violence

Who will believe that the Chief Minister of the state is the mastermind behind the ethnic cleansing violence of a particular community in the...

Retrospection on Manipur Violence

Manipur, ‘the jewel of India ‘ has turned into ' the devil of media’ since 3rd May 2023. The ethnic violence, so horrible to...

A Light Rebuttal to ‘In Manipur, To SoO or Not’ Published by NDTV

In a ‘Blog: In Manipur, To SoO or Not’, Debashis Achom, Editor, News, at NDTV (11 March 2024) wrote an article, fairly well-researched, concluded...

When Truth is the Casualty: Meitei’s Disapproval of EGI Report

The din, nay the disenchantment particularly of Meitei groups, surrounding the fact-finding report of Editors’ Guild of India (EGI) on Manipur violence continues to...

The Scrapping of the Free Movement Regime is Unlikely to Serve India’s Interests

India's international boundary with Myanmar is around 1600 kilometres long. The Free Movement Regime (FMR), implemented by the Modi government in 2018 with the...

Understanding the Manipur Conflict in India and the Kuki-Zo Perspective

The northeastern state of Manipur in India is renowned for its diverse cultural heritage, distinctive customs, and delicate past involving numerous ethnic groups. Pressure...

Manipur Conflict: Echoes of History and the Perils of False Narratives

The outbreak of the Manipur conflict more than two months ago between the majority Meitei community and the minority Kuki-Zo tribal community of the...