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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
Reverse Migration of Skilled and Semi-Skilled Workers Back to the State Can Become a Crisis But also Offer New Opportunities
One late night, my messenger beeped. I checked lazily. Since it is lockdown I thought it wouldn’t be something important that would require much attention.
Even Worst Hit States Are Preparing to Ease Lockdown, Manipur Must Follow Suit To Save Its Economy and Prepare For New Normal
Even if the COVID-19 does not infect the people of Manipur, the lockdown to fight the COVID-19 has hit-hard the people mostly daily wage-earners and
National Technology Day Marks Beginnings in Self-Reliance and DRDO’s Further Challenge on COVID-19
Addressing scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the occasion of National Technology Day through video conference, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stressed the

Translation is About Conveying The Sense of Culture That Original Story is Set In, Not at All About Accuracy of Literal Word Meanings
Moving away from the constant attention on the Covid 19 pandemic, let’s talk about translation and its various layers. Why talk about translation? Mostly because
Insurgency Related Violence in NE Has Dropped, But Is This a Sign of Chapter Closing or Calm Before Storm?
Since independent India in 1947, Northeast India has witnessed a bewildering line-up of insurgencies spreading across all the Northeast states with the exception of Sikkim.