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Seeing Menstrual Cycle or Phanek as Impure, is Normalisation of Toxic Patriarchy as Common Sense
In a hyperbolic way, there is so much similarity between insurgency and the feminist movement and for that matter other related notions such as patriarchy.
Bimol Akoijam Controversy: Due Process, Institutional Accountability and the Politics of Silencing Dissent
The dismissal of a Manipur MP from Jawaharlal Nehru University raises troubling questions about the POSH Act, institutional accountability, confidentiality and the danger of turning
China’s New Silk Road to the Bay of Bengal Cuts Out India and Goes Around its Northeast Instead
When Bangladesh’s prime minister, Tarique Rahman, landed back in Dhaka after a state visit to Beijing in late June, the headline detail was almost procedural:
The Problem of Winning
We learn to win very early in life. We learn to win races and games, to come first in class, to answer before someone else
How Sericulture can Boost Manipur Farmers’ Income While Helping Tackle Climate Change
As climate change increasingly disrupts agriculture and allied activities in Manipur, sericulture is emerging as a potential livelihood option that can provide farmers with regular
Where the Voiceless Scream: A Review of “Writer in Residency”
A film’s trailer is a concept taken for a granted given. As a media borne cliche it has the tendency to stick to us in
Making Education Appropriate, Besides Ending Official Corruption are Keys to Manipur’s Future
Any society which fails to give cutting edge education to its younger generation is doomed to a future of stagnation and dependence. No sane person
The Problem of Leaving Home for Communities Whose Identities are Wedded to Land
In Manipur, land has never been just land. We know this instinctively, perhaps more deeply than we know how to explain it, because a village
From Afghanistan to Myanmar: How Shifting Drug Markets are Reshaping Northeast India’s Crisis
The Taliban’s opium ban and Myanmar’s expanding narcotics economy reveal how changes in one part of the region can reshape illicit markets elsewhere, placing Manipur
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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
Manipur is Losing the Water it Was Built on
According to India’s first Census of Water Bodies, Manipur has
The Weight of Forgiveness
When I was in school, many of our mornings began
The Weight of Expectations
It is curious how often disappointment begins long before the
The Weight of a Name
It is a strange thing to realise that something you
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)
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
The War That Never Ended: Why Thokchom Borun’s Battlefield Could Become One of India’s Most Striking Anti-War Documentaries
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
