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What Manipur Can Learn From the History of Assam Rifles
It should not surprise anybody that prolonged insurgencies leave behind scars, some barely visible but nonetheless excruciating. The case of the civil militia Village Defence

Kuki Black Day Held; UCM demands Halt to Indo-Myanmar border fencing; CM Leads Modi B’day Celebration; AMWJU Foundation Day Observed; GI Tag for Sirarakhong Chilli and Tamenglong Orange; 10 COVID Variants in State
The United Committee Manipur (UCM) condemning the Indo-Myanmar border fencing works being carried out in disputed areas losing Manipur’s territory by the Border Road Task

Autonomy Issue Must Not be Allowed to be Pushed to the Backburner to Resurface Again Later
The friction over the idea of regional autonomy within Manipur cannot and should not be allowed to fester anymore, and a realistic autonomy model conceived

No Barriers Before Passion for Success or Love: No One Can Keep Them Apart
The love story and marriage of Tejimala Marengkangmei from Senapati, Manipur and Hiten Mongia from Delhi reads like a Mills & Boons romance and is

Unscrupulous Push for Economic Development Can Hasten Climate Crisis
The world observes 16 September as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Let us consciously monitor our actions as humans. Short

Women Group Likens AFSPA to an Invisible 9/11 And Resolves to Continue Movement to Have the Draconian Act Repealed
Last week when the world remembered the infamous 9/11, the day of September 11 in 2001 the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda attacked against the

The Poet Lamabam Kamal: Life and Times – Part 3
From the volume Confluence: Essays on Manipuri Literature and Culture complied and edited by B.S. Rajkumar. Chandraprabha as his wife in Dibrugarh Not much

My Shortest Day: Dusk to Dawn and no Night
This is the concluding part of a 5-part travelogue I did on my first trip to USA in 2002, first published in Imphal Free Press.

Flawed Hill-Valley Categorisation in Fund Allocation in Manipur and How This May Have Come About
Hill and Valley Categories The raging storm over the allegation of extremely disproportionate fund allocation between the valley and hills in Manipur should trouble everyone