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Loktak Lake Experience: Loktak Machet Machet Seygaibagee Warolsing
Once a thriving and interconnected wetland, Loktak Lake is now a landscape of fragments. Roads slice through its waters, concrete structures rise where there was

Manipuri Cinema: Between Retrospection, Reinvention, and a Rendezvous with Relevance
Fifty-three years ago, in 1972, Manipur witnessed the advent of its first feature film and today it has come a long way. Though many films

My Pride and Your Ego: A Socio-Political ‘Pi’ (3.14)
The human zeal to achieve what they feel they deserve is, beyond measure, intense. Securing at least the pace and process will set the mood

Exploring Tranquil Beauty of ICIMOD’s Living Mountain Lab in the Face of Climate Change
Climate change impact has become a global concern as it is evident and unescapable. Amidst this scenario, Living Mountain Lab (LML) of International Centre for

Fragility of “Negative” Peace Demonstrated Again in Kashmir’s Pahalgam
It is difficult not to be alarmed at the manner in which India and Pakistan found themselves on the brink of war. It just took

The Side-Lining of the Manipur Hill Areas (Acquisition of Chiefs’ Rights) Act, 1967, and its Consequences
About the Manipur Hill Areas (Acquisition of Chiefs’ Rights) Act, 1967: “The Manipur Hill Areas (Acquisition of Chiefs’ Rights) Act, 1967 (Manipur Act No. 5

Kuki-Zo CSOs and MLAs to Suspend Talks with Government Until “Substantive Political Dialogue” Resumes with SoO Groups
While the Government is talking of restoring peace and normalcy and the MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are grouping either

The Great Impasse
Are we truly progressing? Is there any kind of development that favors the natives in any form? What has become of the state of Manipur

Kashmir Problem Echoes Loud in Northeast
The massacre of innocents at Pahalgam in Kashmir shocked the nation and the world. It was one of those moments when civilisation and its values

How a False Hill-Valley Binary is Relentlessly Pushed to Deepen Manipur Conflict
Abstract Writing and representing prolonged conflict faithfully in journalistic or

Young Lady Turns Passion of Collecting Wildflowers into an Eco-Friendly Business
A 27-year-old lady, Khundrakpam Rani turns her passion into a

A Prayer for the New Year 2025 and Manipur’s Redemption Song
It’s a new year already. Even though there cannot possibly

New Year 2025: Let’s do this Way
“The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in

Humanity and the Paradox of Human Progress
As Gandhi said, “The greatness of humanity is not in

The Perils of Poverty Porn in Manipur: A Cycle of Conflict, Radicalism, and Systemic Neglect
Poverty porn, the practice of sensationalizing poverty for emotional or

Nationalism is Powerful, but Often it is Built on the Assumption of an Enemy Looming

Northeast India Still Bearing the Adverse Fallouts of the Great Game

Why History and Past Must Not be Conflated to Mean the Same

Voice of the Silent Majority Opposed to Anarchy is What Was Heard in the Manipur Election Result

Northeast Region Now Exposed to the Intriguing Pulls of Big Power Politics

River Linking, Community Dredging Under MGNREGS and Artificial Reservoirs Could be the Answers to Floods




Collaborative Discussions Key to Elevating Manipuri Cinema, Says Filmmaker Oinam Gautam


Borun Thokchom at IFFI Goa: “Passion and Preparation Key to Overcoming Filmmaking Challenges in Manipur”


Genealogy of Marginality of Female Sex Worker: Is Anyone Listening?


Patriarchal Subjugation of Women: It is Gradually Diminishing Though at Snail’s Pace

Manipur’s Transgender Community Are on a Healing Mission of Displaced Children Through Football


“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-2

“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-1








River Linking, Community Dredging Under MGNREGS and Artificial Reservoirs Could be the Answers to Floods
