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Navigating the IFFI Journey: Filmmaker Ronel Haobam Shares Insights on Selection Trends and Challenges in Filmmaking
At the recently concluded 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, Manipur’s National Award-winning filmmaker Ronel Haobam served as one of the seven

Collaborative Discussions Key to Elevating Manipuri Cinema, Says Filmmaker Oinam Gautam
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), celebrated as the largest film festival in the country, concluded its latest edition in Goa on November 28.

Countering Insurgencies Through Hindutva Ideology in Manipur?
In a letter to Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, national president of the Indian National Congress, on 21 November 2024, Jagat Prakash Nadda, national president of the

Reverse Democracy: An Undreamed Era
The backsliding of democracy is not a new phenomenon to most of us. The global political scenario has its bitter moments in recent times. In

Government Needs to Change its Attitude to the Violent Conflict In Manipur and the Approach to Resolving the Almost 20-Months Conflict
Since May 3, 2023, Manipur has been mired in a violent conflict that has left its people in distress and disarray. Over 19 months have

Dada at Ninety, Cinema at Hundred and Sahoo at Hundred and One!
Not long ago, a poet summed up in style: Cinema theatres are the psycho-analytical clinics of the working class. But the reality of this clinic

How Identities are Shaped: Reinventing Northeast Identity, Reinventing Indian Identity
The idea of the Northeast is intriguing. It indicates a direction therefore should have remained as an adjectival clause – “north-east”. It indeed does to

Government’s Attempt to Resume Public Transport Sabotaged by Siege of Highways by Kuki-Zomi Militants and CSOs
Since May 3, 2023, the ongoing siege of National Highway 2 (Imphal-Dimapur Road), National Highway 37 (Imphal-Silchar Road), Imphal-Moreh stretch of NH-2 and Asian Highway-1

Manipuri techie empowers displaced woman economy
Manipuri techie who owns a firm based in Singapore gives shaft of light to displaced women of violence hit state providing sustainable livelihood under the

Has China Made an Offer that Hollywood Can’t Refuse?
That China’s comprehensive national power poses the primary threat to

Oja Winson Tangkhul, Differently Abled Unsung Hero and a Fighter Without a Pause
Laishram Winson Tangkhul alias Winson Awungshi Siro, retired as a

Reflections on My Long Journey With MSAD
The first time I heard about Manipur Students’ Association Delhi

The Idea of a Sovereign Socialist Manipur: Interview of Nonglen Meitei of Maoist Communist Party Manipur
The following is interview of one Nonglen Meitei, who claimed

Pursuit of a Proximate Frontier
In his seminal book Imperilled Frontiers: India’s North-Eastern Borderlands, the

Idea of a Sovereign Manipur: Interview of RK Meghen, former Chairman of the United National Liberation Front
The following is an interview of RK Meghen, former Chairman

Society Needs ‘Moral Regulations’ to Ensure an Equilibrium That Guarantees Justice for All




Spirit of Cheiraoba Celebration, and Why it Should Remind All That Identity Too is a Daily Plebiscite

Manipur Needs to Recall the Difference Between Form and Substance of Democracy

Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 2


Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 1

Rabindranath Thakur and Manipuri Dance – Part 2

Rabindranath Thakur and Manipuri Dance – Part 1

Manipuri Vaishnava Music and the Sattriya Ojapali Music of Assam: A Fresh Look – Part 2

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


As Jhum Fields Grow Unproductive, a Pune Couple Joins Battle in Tamenglong to Introduce New Farming Way
