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Bangladesh’s next leaders face a daunting task
By Shahab Enam Khan, Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka The country faces prospects of continuing political and social unrest as well as economic meltdown. A

India’s palm oil plans wreak havoc on the ground
By Ravi Chellam, Biodiversity Collaborative in Bangalore The push for large-scale monoculture plantations of oil palm is taking a toll on the environment and

Palm oil: from environmental villain to climate hero
By Eng-Seng Chan and Wail Gourich, Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur The Malaysian palm oil industry is making notable progress in addressing climate

Northeast India Still Bearing the Adverse Fallouts of the Great Game
Often, rarely visited pages of history provide refreshing insights into present problems. This is not surprising, considering many of the postcolonial world’s problems are legacies

Internally Displaced Sportspersons From Manipur Bag 11 Medals to Demonstrate They Continue to Have Strong Fighting Spirit
Internally displaced girls from Moreh, Manipur won medals at the 8th International Karate Championship, Indian Challenger Cup-2024 held at Netaji Indoor Stadium from July 26

Paolienlal Haokip’s 3 UTs Demand is in Line With the 3 Territorial Councils Reportedly Agreed Between Kuki Militants and GOI
While Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren is optimistic of restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Paolienlal Haokip demands that three

Manipur’s Talented Weaver Wahengbam Shaya to Receives Prestigious Sant Kabir Handloom Award
The uniquely distinctive skill of Manipur in the field of weaving, handloom and handicraft is once again yet proven by artisan Wahengbam Shaya Devi. With

Fostering Disturbance-Free Education: A Collaborative Endeavor Imperative for Manipur
Among all the sectors that have been reduced to a state of collapse by the ongoing conflict in Manipur, the education sector stands most grievously

Time for Manipur to Shed its Persecution Paranoia to Step out into its Spring of Creative Energy
A society can be judged by what it celebrates and equally by what it mourns. From this standpoint, Manipur, the Meiteis not the least, seem

What Manipur’s Sporting Excellence Also Reveals
Of the seven athletes from the Northeast in the Indian

What Manipur Can Learn From the History of Assam Rifles
It should not surprise anybody that prolonged insurgencies leave behind

Flawed Hill-Valley Categorisation in Fund Allocation in Manipur and How This May Have Come About
Hill and Valley Categories The raging storm over the allegation

My First Trip to America in 2002 Was Also My longest day
(This is a report written two decades ago after the

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

Oppressive Patriarchy is Omnipresent in Manipur and Must be Dismantled and Woman Must Come to be Her Own

The Patriarchy Question in Manipur and Mimicry of Self-Proclaimed Feminists

As Manipuri Cinema Enters its Golden Jubilee Year, Some Reflections

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’
