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Prescribing Limits to Freedom can Amount to Setting up Thought Prisons
Manipur’s chaos has long become endemic, thanks to those who are supposed to ensure public order. If insanity is defined at its basic as unpredictability
Indigenous Belief System Helps Protect Forest in Manipur’s Phunal Maring
At a time when governments, organisations and communities are increasingly adopting measures to protect forests to address the climate change impact and environmental degradation, an
What If Climate Action Started on Your Roof?
Climate change no longer needs an introduction. It is understood, broadly, as a long-term shift in the Earth’s weather patterns and average temperatures, but its
Whose Market Is It? Eema Keithel and The Question it has Never Fully Answered
For nearly five centuries, Khwairamband Keithel — known across Manipur as Eema Keithel, the Mother’s Market — has stood as proof of what women’s collective
Beyond the Illusion of Normalcy: What Peace Means to the State and What Peace Means to the People of Manipur
On the morning of August 28, 2026, thousands of people lined the road from Thonglang Atongba to Senapati District Hospital. Four coffins, draped in traditional
The Longer Journey: Down Memory Lane
There are times when the mind arrives somewhere long before the rest of us does. It reaches its conclusions with remarkable confidence. It gathers what
Relevance of the NRC, 1951 for Detection and Identification of Illegal Immigrants in Manipur?
The National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951 in the context of Manipur The National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951, is an official record created simultaneously with
Violence Exposes Meghalaya’s Embedded and Frozen Fault Lines
Hundreds of black-garbed, masked motorcycle riders last week streamed into Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, carrying black flags and exuding an aura of menace. Making it
Khulokpi: The Maths of Stone
No books, no slate, no classroom wall, Through little stones they play so high, Counting numbers to the probability. No paper, no pen in their
Weekly Digests
Manipur was Never Annexed by the British so When was its Freedom
India celebrated its 80th Independence Day today. In 1947, India’s
Nostalgia: Shoes by the Door
Long before a door is opened, a home begins to
The Rescue of MK Priyabrata Singh’s 8mm Reels Could Open a Forgotten Window into the Cultural Life of Manipur
Long before Manipuri cinema found its formal footing, before feature
The Empty Chair: Joy, Sorrow, Nostalgia
There is a seat at every dining table that somehow
Banality of Evil Probably Darkened Most, if not all in Manipur, During these Dark Days
The one spectre which has always come back to haunt
Come Sit for a While
Some things become so ordinary that we stop noticing them.
Colonisation or Indigenisation: How Statutory Incentive Structuring Encouraged a Contest for Primitivity
What PUCL Report is Silent about Ironically Reveals More Than Conceals
Two Girls from Manipur Provide a Glimpse into a Brave New Moral World
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
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
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Gender and Social Exclusion
“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
