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The Meira Paibi Phenomenon – Inter-Sectional Activism, Regional Stereotyping and Media Misconstruction
Introduction The women led movement in India is a diverse and multifaceted phenomenon that reflects the country’s vast cultural, social, and political landscape. One of

PM Narendra Modi’s Speech is Far From Reality on the Ground Realities in Manipur
Even though the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens his mouth about the Manipur issue in the Parliament at last, his speech is hard to

Pencil and Charcoal Have Been My Staple, but Now I Want to Move on to oil and acrylic paintings: Yaiphahenba Laishram
Yaiphahenba Laishram is an upcoming artist and illustrator who was born in Manipur on 6th February 1994 at Nagamapal Singjubung Leirak to Laishram Gajaraj Singh

Sign of Positive Change Not Much Seen in Vulnerable Areas and Conflict Affected Victims
In strife torn state of Manipur, everything seems to be normal in heart of valley region. Yet people living in peripheral areas and displaced people

Kuki, Meitei Intellectuals ‘Helping’ Centre Calm Anger, Breakthrough Delayed by ‘Fear’ Among Local Stakeholders
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding a large-scale criticism, efforts by the Govt of India to bring peace and calmness in strife-torn Manipur will continue, informed sources disclosed.

What India needs to do for a sustainable transport sector
By Shalini Rankavat, Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida India faces a massive challenge to steer its transport sector toward being carbon neutral by 2050. Here’s

Encouraging cycling could involve ditching helmets
By Dorina Pojani (University of Queensland in Brisbane) With proper planning, laws and initiatives, urban commuters can be persuaded to switch from four wheels

Is There an Undeclared Presidents Rule in Place in Manipur Today
The high-level security meet on Manipur convened by the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, in New Delhi on June 17, 2024, was loudly conspicuous by

Secularism in Multi-Ethnic Societies Should Go Beyond Separating Religion from State, but also Ethnicities from State
In multi-ethnic, multi-religion Manipur, nobody will doubt why the need to have citizenship and their administration defined and characterised on civic terms is vital. As

Anatomy of a Failed Integrity: Too Deeply Enmeshed to Separate Peacefully, Too Alienated Mutually to be Happy Together
The tension over the push for more autonomy for the

Dissecting The Sociology Behind The Demand for Schedule Tribe by a Meiteis Organisation
The debate over the inclusion of the Meitei’s in the

Serious Thoughts Now Need to be Given to the Idea of Hills and Valley as Two Mutually Autonomous Regions
Besides the ever-present deep fissures along different ethnic fault lines,

As Afghanistan Hogs Headlines Everywhere, Myanmar Has Been Already Pushed Into Oblivion
The February military coup in Myanmar has now slowly but

Manipur Must Now Reflect on How It Must Reconcile its Past With its Present and Future
India turned 75 as an independent modern nation on August

How Khagi (Yunnan) Sacked Pong (Shan) Through Guiles as per Ancient Meitei Chronicle ‘Soraren Macha Khunkumba’
The following is an evaluation chiefly from an ancient Meitei

Women Often are the Most Brutal Gatekeepers of the Patriarchal Order

Headless Manipur University and the Dilemma of Russell’s ‘The Harm That Good Men Do’

