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Manipur Films Shine Bright at Indian Panorama of 56th IFFI 2025 Two Manipuri Filmmakers Bring Home Honour and Hope
Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) announced that after a disappointing absence at the 55th Indian Panorama 2024, Manipur has made a triumphant comeback at
I Walked Over Water and Lived to Tell the Tale: A Docu-Drama-Auto-Fiction-Whatever
Joshy Joseph’s ‘Walking Over Water’ is neither fact, fiction, nor confession. It’s a filmmaker’s walk of faith. The men held on for dear life.
RSS’ Long Adventurous Trek in Northeast
The book tells of the saga of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS, in the Northeast, starting from the time it first set foot in Assam, inaugurating
Guns are Silent but Delhi’s ‘Normalcy’ Narrative Masks a Partitioned Manipur
Since February 13, 2025, Manipur has lived under direct Central Rule that is the President’s Rule. Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh’s resignation ended the turbulent
Education and Politics: The Battle for the Nation’s Mind
Education and politics have always been bound in a subtle, and often uneasy, relationship. One forms the mind; the other directs it. Education teaches us
Decolonising the Indigenous Lens
In an era marked by renewed attention to diversity and inclusion, decolonising the Indigenous lens has become more than an academic concept; it is a
Infrastructural Dysfunction of Ukhrul
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envisioning quality and healthy life by preserving, developing and protecting them. This era is marked by progressing towards
International Drug Users Day: Empathy, Not Punishment, Is the Way Forward
Every year on November 1, people who use drugs across the world observe International Drug Users Day; a day to honour their resilience, remember their
College Week 2025: A Celebration of Holistic Growth at St. Joseph College, Ukhrul
The much awaited College Week 2025 of St. Joseph College, Ukhrul was inaugurated on October 27 with great enthusiasm and vibrant participation from students and
Weekly Digests
To change corrupt behaviour, change the message
By Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham and Caryn Peiffer, University
India’s Tawang Itch: How Politicians Misinterpret History to Score Political Brownie Points
India’s Tawang itch remains though it should have ended after
The flipside of women’s rights movements
By Giulia Evolvi, Erasmus University in Rotterdam in Rotterdam
Can India seize the demographic advantage?
By Jayan Jose Thomas, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in
Echoes of Agony
Maya Angelou, acclaimed memoirist and author of I Know Why
Has China Made an Offer that Hollywood Can’t Refuse?
That China’s comprehensive national power poses the primary threat to
Life Beyond AFSPA: Why Manipur Government’s Retrospective Declaration of Disturbed Area is Legally Untenable and Dangerous
Why Manipur Urgently Needs to Reconsider its Blind Embrace of Palm Oil Plantation Idea
Going Beyond Tokenism – Manipur Seriously Needs More Women Elected Representatives For its Own Welfare
AFSPA and the Legal and Moral Hurdles of Waging War in Peacetime
A Singapore-Like Smart City Cannot Have Ambiguous, Outdated, Addresses as Imphal Does
Manipuri Dance: A Look Through the Glorious Past and Finding a Helpful Future – 1
A Tattoo for the Soul: How a Self-Taught Tattoo Maker From Ukhrul Built an Enterprise in Delhi
Movies that Remind us Group Norms Evolved to Provide Secure and Stable Society
