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The Reality and Illusion of the Angsts of Population Influx in the Northeast
The angst over the inflow of migrants has never been fully resolved in the Northeast. Manipur has been no exception. This is understandable for as

Where do the Children Play: The Question Cat Stevens Asked
“There are so many strange things happening, If I stay open, it all gets harder to believe.” Some songs age quietly. Others become heavier with

A National Policy on Demographic Change will Remain Incomplete unless it Confronts the Manipur–Myanmar Dimension
The Government of India’s constitution of the “High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes” (HLCDC) headed by Retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar under the Ministry of Home

Children at the Forefront in Manipur and the Youth-Led Movement on the Internet
The Nepal youth-led uprising of September 2026 has made waves in South Asia across internet platforms as a testament to the potential power of youth

How to Strangulate a Society through an Incompatible Education System: A Critical Reflection
The destruction of a society is seldom achieved through sudden catastrophe. More often, it occurs through gradual processes that erode a people’s capacity for self-understanding,

Resolving Investor Disputes Under the BUDS Act: Is Mediation a Valid Option, Especially in the Context of Manipur
For thousands across Manipur, the dream of effortless financial growth turned into a waking nightmare as their hard-earned savings vanished into thin air. The seductive

Kuki Cockroach, Naga Cockroach, Meitei Cockroach: When Manipur’s 60 MLAs Become Delhi’s Big Cockroaches”
India never directly calls us “cockroaches.” But it treats us exactly like the cockroach that the “Cockroach Janta Party” meme imagines—a species to be scorned,

Soaring Temperature Exposes Woman Street Vendors to Alarming Health Risks
The above normal surge of temperature this summer has hardened the life of women street vendors, taking tolls both in terms of health and economic

Manipur’s Moral Rot, from Manipur University to the Savage Battlefields of Ethnic Conflicts
In this dark times Manipur is engulfed in, it is difficult not to recall the opening lines of Irish poet William Butler Yeats’ 1919 poem

Where do the Children Play: The Question Cat Stevens Asked
“There are so many strange things happening, If I stay

Children at the Forefront in Manipur and the Youth-Led Movement on the Internet
The Nepal youth-led uprising of September 2026 has made waves

Too Many Voices, Too Little Healing: The Curious Case of Civil Societies in Manipur
In Manipur, almost everybody today speaks in the language of

A Manipur Larger Than its Wounds
Why the next generation must imagine differently There is something

The Illusion of Educational Excellence
One of the most enduring assumptions in contemporary educational discourse

Amidst Dangerous Ethnic Mistrusts, Paratrooping Journalists Continue to Misrepresent Manipur Trauma
On May 3, the Manipur ethnic conflict completed three years.

Amidst Dangerous Ethnic Mistrusts, Paratrooping Journalists Continue to Misrepresent Manipur Trauma

Manipur in India’s Constitutional Transition (1935–1950)

Racism: Uneasy Confluence of the Northeast Sub-stream with the Indian Mainstream

Colonisation or Indigenisation: How Statutory Incentive Structuring Encouraged a Contest for Primitivity

What PUCL Report is Silent about Ironically Reveals More Than Conceals

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


Open Letter to the Vice-Chancellor, Manipur University





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


Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Gender and Social Exclusion




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

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

Loktak Lake Experience: Loktak Machet Machet Seygaibagee Warolsing




