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Manipur Tragedy has Repeatedly Demonstrated the Harm Even Good People Can Do
Two recent Manipur related events demonstrated how dangerously touchy prolonged conflicts can make stakeholders. The first was a statement by the Director General Assam Rifles,
Highway, Buffer Zones and Bargains: What the SoO Renewal and Its Follow-Up Actions Really Tell Us about Manipur’s Faultlines
On September 4, 2025, New Delhi announced the renewal of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with two umbrella bodies of armed Kuki-Zo militant groups
PM-DevINE and its Implementation in Manipur and Nagaland: An Analytical Appraisal
The North-East of India has long stood at the confluence of strategic promise and developmental neglect, a region endowed with extraordinary cultural capital and natural
Appropriate, Competitive School and Higher Education for the Next Generation, is the Way Forward
Catholic schools in Imphal are open once again much to the relief of everybody, but especially parents of students studying in these pioneering institutes responsible
Buffer Zones, Bargains, and a Highway to Nowhere: What the SoO Extension Really Signals
The Government of India (GOI), the Government of Manipur (GOM), and the two umbrella groupings of Kuki-Zomi militant outfits – United People’s Front (UPF) and
Manipur at the Crossroads of Conflict and Ideology
The PUCL report highlights the urgency of understanding Manipur’s conflict, but reconciliation cannot be imposed from Delhi. It must emerge through accountability, honesty, and dialogue
Reply to “Media, Majority, and Manufactured Silence in Manipur”
Dr. Damudor Arambam’s essay, “Media, Majority, and Manufactured Silence in Manipur” (Imphal Review of Arts and Politics, August 23, 2025), sharply critiques how the media
Manipuri Culture at the Crossroads of History
A furor occurred in Manipur in 2016 over the meaning of culture. The then Governor of Manipur, V. Shanmuganathan, dared the scholars of Manipur to
Survivability, Dignity, and the Silent Crisis of Internally Displaced Persons in Manipur
For more than 28 months now, the conflict that erupted on the unfaithful day of 3rd May, 2023 remains unresolved to this day. A staggering
Weekly Digests
How Fictions Created by Humans Came to Determine Their Reality and How This Can be Moderated
Nobody can doubt the power the notion of identity commands.
India and France in the Indo-Pacific: A Marriage of Autonomies
Among the most important partnerships that India has built with
Even if Identities Are Fictive Creations, They Are as Real as Anything Real
Even if the notion of ethnic identity is not intrinsic,
Religion demystified: Did Societies Create Religions in Their Own Image, or is There Something More to it?
English evolutionist and cultural anthropologist, Edward Tylor in his book “primitive
A Manipur Olympian Veteran Who Always Buys Two Pairs of Shoes to Recall His Struggling Days
When eight out of twenty one footballers including the captain
India’s Overt and Covert Chilling of Press Freedom
By Sukumar Muralidharan, O.P. Jindal Global University in New Delhi
Jaishankar’s Tashkent Speech Puts Into Perspective, Gadkiri’s “Eyes With No Vision” Whipping of State Leaders
Koubru Calling: Beyond the twisted lens of Colonial Modernity and myopia of Competitive Politics – Part 5
Contractual Medical Officers Not Paid by Manipur Govt in the Past Two Months Despite Their Hard Work
Highways of Life Wins Top Award at International Documentary Film Festival
