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As Manipuri Cinema Enters its Golden Jubilee Year, Some Reflections
April 9 this year will be an important landmark for Manipuri cinema. This is the day this art form would be entering its 50th years

Thabal Chongba Ban Due to Covid-19, Dr. Rajo’s Extension Hangs Fire, Big Benefits for Surrendered UGs
This year’s Yaoshang spirits have been dashed early by an announcement that the Thabal Chongba festival wouldn’t be allowed as part of Covid-19 precautionary measures.

Testimonies of Leaders of a Naga Underground Organisation – Some Heroic, Some Disturbing
This book is arguably the most engaging autobiography of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim led by Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu, popularly known

The Fallacy of Interpreting Identity Consciousness of the Past From the Vantage of Ethnonationalists of Today
When things get too complicated and stretched, it is often helpful to deconstruct and begin from the beginning, at least imagine what it would have

‘An Educated Woman In Prostitution’ Exposes Hypocrisy Within High Society
Author: Manada Devi Translated by: Arunava Sinha Publisher: Simon & Schuster India Genre: Fiction, Translation Book summary: ‘But now, having travelled to the frontier of

Social Bonding could be Better Understood if Individuality of Women and Men is the Focus of International Women’s Day this Year
Monday morning this week started on a good note with two important events held in honor of women on the occasion of the International Women’s

The Enchanting Folk Tale of a Lonely and Forlorn Kabui Village Girl Who Became the Beautiful Wild Blossom Chingthrao
These lyrical verses are from the repertoires of folk tales of both the Meiteis and the Kabuis. This tale is of Chingthtrao, and it occurs
We Have Everything to Gain if We Know Our Planet and Make it a Healthier Place for Ourselves
The earth produces so many valuable things that find mention in our everyday lives, but we never notice these things beyond casually using them. We
Even the Best Football Referee is Human and Therefore Will Have to be Prone to Human Errors
First of all, if we have to go by what the proverbial saying that “no one in this world is pure and perfect” or “no