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Mutual and Reasonable Compromises Necessary to Avoid Zero-Sum-Games
Coexistence, and indeed all notions of federalism, is about making reasonable compromises by all stakeholders competing for their individual spheres of control so that a
The Poor Man’s Dilemma: A First-Person Account of Ningol Chakkouba
Author’s Note The first-person narrative presented in this essay is an illustrative literary construction intended to articulate a possible psychological and emotional predicament arising from
Manipur’s Endless Cycle of Violence: How Long Must Citizens Face Killings and Count the Dead Before the State Acts?
More than three-and-a-half years after the violence that erupted in Manipur on May 3, 2023, the most disturbing feature of the continuing crisis are not
The Problem of Leadership
In Manipur, our leaders do not always eat last. More often than not, they are the ones who get served first. It is a small
The Cloth That Speaks: Reading Manipur’s Ancient Dress Codes
In Manipur, cloth has never been just cloth. For centuries, before a word was exchanged, a woman’s phanek or a man’s shawl announced who she
“Answering the CSC’s Call of Nostalgia”
It was on this past Nov 6 where I found a what’s app status, at around 6 in the evening, shared by an auntie of
Secularism Needs to Mean not just Separation of Religion and State, but also Ethnicity and State
When the law and its legitimate keepers go absent, anybody with a gun becomes the law. This could not have been said better, and hilariously,
Manipur’s Security Review: A Belated Recognition of Armed Violence or an Attempt to Reassert State Authority?
The security review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand on November 3, 2026, at the Cabinet Hall of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Mantripukhri, raises
The Problem of Memory
We can hold on to something for so long that we eventually forget to ask why we are holding on to it in the first
Weekly Digests
The Problem of Leadership
In Manipur, our leaders do not always eat last. More
The Problem of Memory
We can hold on to something for so long that
The Problem of Identity
Perhaps one of the difficulties of living with a painful
The Problem of Anger
There is something very human about the words us and them,
The Problem of Winning
We learn to win very early in life. We learn
The Problem of Leaving Home for Communities Whose Identities are Wedded to Land
In Manipur, land has never been just land. We know
ST Status as Another Faultline in Manipur’s Complex Ethnic Mosaic
Manipur was Never Annexed by the British so When was its Freedom
How Ambulance Chasing Journalism and Punditry Led Manipur Crisis to a Blind Corner
Amidst Dangerous Ethnic Mistrusts, Paratrooping Journalists Continue to Misrepresent Manipur Trauma
Manipur in India’s Constitutional Transition (1935–1950)
It’s Complicated! Reimagining Cinema as a Social Institution in Manipur
Where the Voiceless Scream: A Review of “Writer in Residency”
The Rescue of MK Priyabrata Singh’s 8mm Reels Could Open a Forgotten Window into the Cultural Life of Manipur
Boong: The Silent Scream that Exposes an Invisible Oppressive Feudal Patriarchal Order
Seeing Menstrual Cycle or Phanek as Impure, is Normalisation of Toxic Patriarchy as Common Sense
Women: Vande Mataram – Architects of a Golden-Aged Vikshit Bharat
“Give to Gain”: Empowered Women Empower Women, Celebrating International Women’s Day 2026
Why Jeffrey Epstein Matters Now: An Era of Concentrated Wealth and Opaque Networks
Gender Inequality: The Invisible Fault Line that Shapes Every Conflict
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
Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion has always Stymied Choice of LDA Director
India: Oil palm individualizing the use of collective land in Manipur
Green on the Wane: The Silent Crisis of Our Disappearing Forest
A Journey From Darkness to Light IPPNW Kenya April 2023
