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Many Who Have Lost Livelihood Means in COVID-Induced Financial Crisis Resorting to Alcohol for Solace
In March this year, the national lockdown was clamped and the operations of all private sectors were stopped. One exception being retail shops which opened
Lockdown Remains a Boon for Big Businesses but Bane for Small Women Vendors and Wage Earners
While the three Khwairamband Nupi Keithels (women’s markets) and other satellite markets of Manipur remain paralysed due to the COVID-19 lockdown since March 21, some
Nupi Manbis (Transgenders) Need Moral and Physical Support More Than Anything else During COVID Lockdown
Recently a Nupi Manbi tested Coronavirus positive in Moirang and although it was a normal affair as many people had tested positive around that time,

Drugs Menace is a Chicken and Egg Problem, if There are no Users There will be no Sellers, and Vice Versa: Dr. Lenin
Illicit drug use or substance abuse has paralyzed the citizens of Manipur. The victims of substance abuse are not only the users but their families
Language is a Living Organism Which Grows Forward Not Backward, it Also Enriches Itself by Indigenizing Foreign Words
Continuing with last week’s piece on Manipuri language and literary writings, it must be pointed out that more than the changing from the earlier Bengali

Ode to the Late Dr. Srikant Dutt, a Steadfast Friend of NE, Once Considered a Star in the Indian Academic Firmament
It was in the fall of 1979 that I first met Dr.Srikant Dutta at the Coffee House of the Delhi School of Economics in Delhi
Manipur Last Week: Crisis Deepens in NPP State Unit and More Stories
Amidst the COVID-19 lockdown political crisis in one way or another continues in Manipur. While the political crisis within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Two Crises Ahead, One is the Question of Exemplary Penalty for Corrupt MPSC Officials, and Two is How Manipur’s Delimitation Can be Made Legitimate
Among the many current issues of extreme gravity in Manipur, discussions on which have either been underplayed or else have not been addressed adequately and
400 Indian CSOs to Launch Campaign on Protection of Democracy and Constitutional Rights on September 5
More than 400 women’s groups, human rights organisations and LGBTQIA collectives across the country are organizing a 7-day campaign on September 5, 2020, marking the