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Manipur Government Needs to Learn Lesson on the Applicability of NSA from Court Orders Releasing Erendro and Kishorchandra
The abuse of National Security Act (NSA) by the present Government of Manipur under Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for criticising

Twelve Incredible Manipuri Myths Retold and Packed in a Children’s Book
Title: AND THAT IS WHY Manipuri Myths Retold Date of publication: 21st June 2021 Author: L. Somi Roy Published by: Penguin Random House India under

Myanma Nat and the Meitei/Meetei U-Mang-Lai Nat Festival
Manipur and Myanmar not only had the long history of conflict for supremacy in the westernmost border of South-East Asia, that is now extreme north

How Unique is Being Unique: Why Histories are Man-Made but Humanity is Divine
Introduction We live in an epoch of instantaneous copycat culture, severe competition and polarised ethnic identity politics. The idea of copyright, patent, DOI, etc., are

The Unpublished Plays of Khwairakpam Chaoba – Part 1
The poet Khwairakpam Chaoba Singh (1895-1950) produced nine books in print during his life time, none of them was a play. Consequently, nobody had given

Woman Entrepreneur Continues to Earn Laurels With Her Lotus Silk Fabric Innovations
Twenty nine years old Bijyashanti Tongbram, founder of an enterprise “Sanajing Sana Thambal” and a resident of Thanga Tongbram near Loktak Lake makes silk yarn

Ethnic Churning in Nepal: Of Majorities with Minority Complexes
This article was part of three travel stories written two decades ago after a series of conference-related trips to Kathmandu when an ethnic churning had

Jaishankar’s Tashkent Speech Puts Into Perspective, Gadkiri’s “Eyes With No Vision” Whipping of State Leaders
The Union External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, speech at Tashkent yesterday, (Friday, July 16) during the summit on Regional Connectivity in Central and South Asia,

Total Curfew for 10 Days From July 18, Pearsonmun first fully Vaccinated Village, Anti-Repression Day Observed
In view of the wide prevalence of Delta Variant of the Coronavirus in the state and considering the need of taking up stringent measures to