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Where do the Children Play: The Question Cat Stevens Asked
“There are so many strange things happening, If I stay open, it all gets harder to believe.” Some songs age quietly. Others become heavier with
A National Policy on Demographic Change will Remain Incomplete unless it Confronts the Manipur–Myanmar Dimension
The Government of India’s constitution of the “High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes” (HLCDC) headed by Retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar under the Ministry of Home
Children at the Forefront in Manipur and the Youth-Led Movement on the Internet
The Nepal youth-led uprising of September 2025 has made waves in South Asia across internet platforms as a testament to the potential power of youth
How to Strangulate a Society through an Incompatible Education System: A Critical Reflection
The destruction of a society is seldom achieved through sudden catastrophe. More often, it occurs through gradual processes that erode a people’s capacity for self-understanding,
Resolving Investor Disputes Under the BUDS Act: Is Mediation a Valid Option, Especially in the Context of Manipur
For thousands across Manipur, the dream of effortless financial growth turned into a waking nightmare as their hard-earned savings vanished into thin air. The seductive
Kuki Cockroach, Naga Cockroach, Meitei Cockroach: When Manipur’s 60 MLAs Become Delhi’s Big Cockroaches”
India never directly calls us “cockroaches.” But it treats us exactly like the cockroach that the “Cockroach Janta Party” meme imagines—a species to be scorned,
Soaring Temperature Exposes Woman Street Vendors to Alarming Health Risks
The above normal surge of temperature this summer has hardened the life of women street vendors, taking tolls both in terms of health and economic
Manipur’s Moral Rot, from Manipur University to the Savage Battlefields of Ethnic Conflicts
In this dark times Manipur is engulfed in, it is difficult not to recall the opening lines of Irish poet William Butler Yeats’ 1919 poem
Too Many Voices, Too Little Healing: The Curious Case of Civil Societies in Manipur
In Manipur, almost everybody today speaks in the language of “civil society.” Every community has one. Sometimes several. Student bodies, women’s groups, youth organisations, village
Weekly Digests
The Illusion of Educational Excellence
One of the most enduring assumptions in contemporary educational discourse
Amidst Dangerous Ethnic Mistrusts, Paratrooping Journalists Continue to Misrepresent Manipur Trauma
On May 3, the Manipur ethnic conflict completed three years.
When Politicians Stop Doing Politics and Leaders Stop Leading
There’s a strange kind of tiredness hanging over Manipur these
Manipur in India’s Constitutional Transition (1935–1950)
The constitutional transition of India from a British colony to
Growing Up With the Scroll — The Adults it Shaped
We spend a lot of time talking about how social
Patriotism for Patriotism’s Sake: A Reflection on the Chronological Observance of Khongjom Day
Every year, on the 23rd of April, the people of
Secularism must mean not just Separating Church from State, but also Ethnicity from Politics
Three Months into Central Rule, the Authority of the State is Still Largely Invisible in Manipur
Loktak Lake Experience: Loktak Machet Machet Seygaibagee Warolsing
How a False Hill-Valley Binary is Relentlessly Pushed to Deepen Manipur Conflict
Does Manipur’s New Governor Mean Business or is he Just Another Listening Posts of the Centre in the State
Filming in the Fire: Dinesh Naorem’s Oitharei Takes the Manipur Conflict to the Global Stage at IFFI 2025
Battlefield Shines at IFFI: Inside Borun Thokchom’s Journey to the Indian Panorama
Phouoibee and The Silent Performer: Manipur’s Festival Triumph and the Bigger Question
Dust to Digital: Manipur’s Fight to Preserve Its Vanishing Film Heritage
“Oneness”: A Defiant Cinematic Stand Against Deep-Rooted Socio-Cultural Intolerance
Celebrating Gender Equality on International Women’s Day 2025
Custom, Tradition, and Women: Evaluating Women’s Property Rights in Tangkhul Society
The Perils of Poverty Porn in Manipur: A Cycle of Conflict, Radicalism, and Systemic Neglect
“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-2
“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-1
Need for a Collective Responsibility for Conservation and Rejuvenation of Wetlands in Manipur for a Sustainable Future
Solar Mamas of Manipur Take on Challenge to Electrify Villages with Solar Power
Two Day ‘Climate Smart Technology’ Discussions Organised by Humphrey Alumni in Imphal
