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If Govt’s Effort Were to Look After Migrant Workers, Few Would Have Left Their Workplaces in Desperation
While announcing lockdown 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Rs. 20 lakh crore stimuli package to tackle the impact of coronavirus and weeks of

Bullshitting and Incendiary Communication: Dark Sides of a Polarized Society
“It is hundred percent communal, they were targeted because they were Hindu monks!”, thundered a rabble-rousing TV anchor and poster boy of the right wing
Many Manipur Nurses Leave Jobs as Their Employers Deny Them Safety Protocols in COVID Fight in West Bengal
Amidst the spike in Covid-19 cases in India, hospitals in West Bengal are in a spot, with over 300 nursing staffs from Northeast, leaving their

‘We Kept Sanitizing the Surfaces of the Compartments We Were in and Ended up Sanitizing Our Compartment Many Times Over’
In a world before Coronavirus hit, I was pursuing my Masters degree at Panjab University in Chandigarh. But then the Covid crisis started in India
Aatmanirbhar Bharat or Self-Reliant India is Excellent, But the Slogan is Hijacked from India’s Fifth Five Year Plan 1974-78
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, addressed the nation at 8.00 PM on the May 12 to announce a much-anticipated economic package to ignite the economy,
Migrant Crisis has Revealed the Magnitude of Manipur’s Economic Stagnation and Its Failing Higher Education Sector
Although it is worrying that some among Manipuris returning home from different cities in India have brought along the dreaded coronavirus, it is imaginable how

How Fate Landed a Minor Rohingya Girl in Imphal, and How a Local NGO Helped Her United With Her Relatives in Hyderabad
In August 2019, I met a young Rohingya girl through Nando Soibam whose NGO runs Open Shelter Home situated at Khurai Thongam Leikai and Ujjawala
The Travails of Young Truckers on Deserted Highways as They Relentlessly Keep Movements of Essential Goods Unhindered
The call of the long and winding, at times treacherous, highways on the Imphal-Jiribam and Imphal-Dimapur line has evinced a daring response from the truck
In the Wake of COVID Crisis, the Question of What it Means to be an Indian is Suddenly Relevant Again for the Northeast
What is it to be Indian for a Manipuri? Before attempting an answer, a caveat: the Manipuri identity itself is hotly contested between the state’s