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Shanti Das Gosai and the Gosai/Goswami (Mayum) Clan of Manipur
The earliest known mention of the name Gosai in Manipur appears during the reign of Meidingu Charairongba (1697–1709 A.D.), as recorded in the royal chronicle

The Modern Westphalian State is a Colonial Legacy, but Can There Possibly be an Alternative
The anxiety in many Northeast states at the Centre’s move to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and also to do away with the free movement regime,

Can the GOI Plan for Convening a Joint Meeting of Meitei-Led CSOs and Kuki-Zomi CSOs by Year End Materialise?
While the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) says the Kukis won’t sit with Meitei Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for talks, the Union Government of India (GOI)

Rebuttal to Navin Upadhyay’s article based on KOHUR’s Memorandum
Apropos the article entitled “KOHUR Digs up History to Assert: “Kuki Hills” Existed Before Manipur” authored by Navin Upadhyay, published in the magazine “Operation Corridors”

Water Sprout at Kangla in 1942, Imphal Bombed; Watersprout at Govindaji temple in 2025, What Portend?
It is ominous.On the day it was sprouted,it was not noticed as it was Ratha Yatra day,and large crowds thronged at Govindaji temple.But the 4

Tamo Bimol’s Vocation: A Personal History of Politics in a State of Crisis
It was late February 2024, and we were on our way to meet Shree Okram Ibobi Singh, the President of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee,

Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Adoor Gopalkrishnan
Let me start with a thought from Ritwik Ghatak. Documentary film-making is a different craft and game than constructing fictional features, Ghatak said. I am

Two Girls from Manipur Provide a Glimpse into a Brave New Moral World
Twenty-five months after a violent ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo group of tribes broke out, and four months into Presidents Rule, warring guns have

Leisure, Art and Society in Manipur Today is Literally ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’
Perhaps, the suffocation and the miseries we had had to endure due to the prolonged ethnic conflict needs a release. For some, mostly the teenagers

Two Girls from Manipur Provide a Glimpse into a Brave New Moral World
Twenty-five months after a violent ethnic conflict between Meiteis and

Spaced Out – Panthung Di Kadaaida: A Gritty Exploration of Teen Addiction, Grief, and Lost Time
In the saturated landscape of our cinema where social issues

A Journey From Darkness to Light IPPNW Kenya April 2023
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) International

Secularism must mean not just Separating Church from State, but also Ethnicity from Politics
To say Manipur’s problems are intractable would be an understatement.

The Causes of Manipur’s Seven Years Devastation (1819-26)
A chain of events of eighteenth and early nineteenth century

River Linking May be the Answer to Floods in the Valley Caused by Cloudbursts Such as Those Brought by Cyclone Remal
That climate change is for real needs no further proof

Two Girls from Manipur Provide a Glimpse into a Brave New Moral World

Secularism must mean not just Separating Church from State, but also Ethnicity from Politics

Three Months into Central Rule, the Authority of the State is Still Largely Invisible in Manipur


Loktak Lake Experience: Loktak Machet Machet Seygaibagee Warolsing

How a False Hill-Valley Binary is Relentlessly Pushed to Deepen Manipur Conflict


Leisure, Art and Society in Manipur Today is Literally ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’


‘If We Rely on It Fully, Art Will Die’: Romi Meitei on AI in Filmmaking


Manipuri Cinema: Between Retrospection, Reinvention, and a Rendezvous with Relevance


Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Gender and Social Exclusion

“Oneness”: A Defiant Cinematic Stand Against Deep-Rooted Socio-Cultural Intolerance

Celebrating Gender Equality on International Women’s Day 2025


Custom, Tradition, and Women: Evaluating Women’s Property Rights in Tangkhul Society




Coma, Life, and Manipur: How Life Can Cost as Little as Rupees Five but Remain Priceless

A Climber Climbs Down After a Trip to Shirui Peak Where Grow the Famed ‘Flowers in the Wilderness’

“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-3 (final)

People’s Mother Mahasweta Devi (14-1-1926 – 28-7-2016)


The Poet Lamabam Kamal: Life and Times – Part 2

The Poet Lamabam Kamal: Life And Times – Part 1

The Philosophy in “Khamba-Thoibi Sheireng”: An Amalgamation of Meitei & Hindu Thoughts – Part 2

The Philosophy in “Khamba-Thoibi Sheireng”: An Amalgamation of Meitei & Hindu Thoughts – Part 1

A Journey From Darkness to Light IPPNW Kenya April 2023

Loktak Lake Experience: Loktak Machet Machet Seygaibagee Warolsing



Need for a Collective Responsibility for Conservation and Rejuvenation of Wetlands in Manipur for a Sustainable Future
