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People’s Mother Mahasweta Devi (14-1-1926 – 28-7-2016)
‘India has lost a great writer; Bengal has lost a glorious mother; I have Lost a guardian’ Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister, West Bengal The

Life Beyond AFSPA: Why Manipur Government’s Retrospective Declaration of Disturbed Area is Legally Untenable and Dangerous
Let me begin with a simple proposition- AFSPA is a surveillance system. The Hon’ble Supreme Court, while upholding the constitutionality of AFSPA, had held that

Why Manipur Urgently Needs to Reconsider its Blind Embrace of Palm Oil Plantation Idea
The palm-oil project in Manipur that was cited by Prime Minister Modi at his recent visit to Imphal will rub salt into the wound as

Manipur Reports Six More Omicron Cases; Drivers Day Observed; Opium Held; Poppy Fields Destroyed; BJP Worker Killed; MPCC Charges PWD Minister of Fund Theft
Omicron cases in Manipur rose to seven as six more people tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant as reported on January 14 by the State

Unworldly and Torturous Alienation is a Precondition of the Supremely Creative
Much has been written about the likeness of the movie version of Superman and is origin to Jesus Christ. Superman is an alien from the

District Administrations Fail to Collect Licensed Guns From Public Even as Election-Related Gun Violence Continue Unabated
Despite the order of the Home Department of Manipur Government to collect licensed arms from the general public before the arrival of the upcoming Manipur

A Subaltern Study of a Much Maligned Borderland: How a Fence Can Change Lives
Book: Jungle Passports: Fences, Mobility, and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border Author: Malini Sur Publisher: Penn Price: $29.95 Malini Sur’s portrayal of the

Hijam Romani Singh (1921-2017): A Tribute
(From the volume “Confluence Essays on Manipuri Literature and Culture” by the author, compiled and edited by B.S. Rakumar) Hijam Romani Singh – what a

Going Beyond Tokenism – Manipur Seriously Needs More Women Elected Representatives For its Own Welfare
Manipur badly needs more women elected representatives to assure gender equality and overall economic and social empowerment – and all political parties need to work



