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Prescribing Limits to Freedom can Amount to Setting up Thought Prisons
Manipur’s chaos has long become endemic, thanks to those who are supposed to ensure public order. If insanity is defined at its basic as unpredictability
Indigenous Belief System Helps Protect Forest in Manipur’s Phunal Maring
At a time when governments, organisations and communities are increasingly adopting measures to protect forests to address the climate change impact and environmental degradation, an
What If Climate Action Started on Your Roof?
Climate change no longer needs an introduction. It is understood, broadly, as a long-term shift in the Earth’s weather patterns and average temperatures, but its
Whose Market Is It? Eema Keithel and The Question it has Never Fully Answered
For nearly five centuries, Khwairamband Keithel — known across Manipur as Eema Keithel, the Mother’s Market — has stood as proof of what women’s collective
Beyond the Illusion of Normalcy: What Peace Means to the State and What Peace Means to the People of Manipur
On the morning of August 28, 2026, thousands of people lined the road from Thonglang Atongba to Senapati District Hospital. Four coffins, draped in traditional
The Longer Journey: Down Memory Lane
There are times when the mind arrives somewhere long before the rest of us does. It reaches its conclusions with remarkable confidence. It gathers what
Relevance of the NRC, 1951 for Detection and Identification of Illegal Immigrants in Manipur?
The National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951 in the context of Manipur The National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951, is an official record created simultaneously with
Violence Exposes Meghalaya’s Embedded and Frozen Fault Lines
Hundreds of black-garbed, masked motorcycle riders last week streamed into Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, carrying black flags and exuding an aura of menace. Making it
Khulokpi: The Maths of Stone
No books, no slate, no classroom wall, Through little stones they play so high, Counting numbers to the probability. No paper, no pen in their
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The Longer Journey: Down Memory Lane
There are times when the mind arrives somewhere long before
Manipur was Never Annexed by the British so When was its Freedom
India celebrated its 80th Independence Day today. In 1947, India’s
Nostalgia: Shoes by the Door
Long before a door is opened, a home begins to
The Rescue of MK Priyabrata Singh’s 8mm Reels Could Open a Forgotten Window into the Cultural Life of Manipur
Long before Manipuri cinema found its formal footing, before feature
The Empty Chair: Joy, Sorrow, Nostalgia
There is a seat at every dining table that somehow
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)
Racism: Uneasy Confluence of the Northeast Sub-stream with the Indian Mainstream
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
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
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
