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Collaborative Discussions Key to Elevating Manipuri Cinema, Says Filmmaker Oinam Gautam
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), celebrated as the largest film festival in the country, concluded its latest edition in Goa on November 28.
Countering Insurgencies Through Hindutva Ideology in Manipur?
In a letter to Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, national president of the Indian National Congress, on 21 November 2024, Jagat Prakash Nadda, national president of the
Reverse Democracy: An Undreamed Era
The backsliding of democracy is not a new phenomenon to most of us. The global political scenario has its bitter moments in recent times. In
Government Needs to Change its Attitude to the Violent Conflict In Manipur and the Approach to Resolving the Almost 20-Months Conflict
Since May 3, 2023, Manipur has been mired in a violent conflict that has left its people in distress and disarray. Over 19 months have
Dada at Ninety, Cinema at Hundred and Sahoo at Hundred and One!
Not long ago, a poet summed up in style: Cinema theatres are the psycho-analytical clinics of the working class. But the reality of this clinic
How Identities are Shaped: Reinventing Northeast Identity, Reinventing Indian Identity
The idea of the Northeast is intriguing. It indicates a direction therefore should have remained as an adjectival clause – “north-east”. It indeed does to
Government’s Attempt to Resume Public Transport Sabotaged by Siege of Highways by Kuki-Zomi Militants and CSOs
Since May 3, 2023, the ongoing siege of National Highway 2 (Imphal-Dimapur Road), National Highway 37 (Imphal-Silchar Road), Imphal-Moreh stretch of NH-2 and Asian Highway-1
Manipuri techie empowers displaced woman economy
Manipuri techie who owns a firm based in Singapore gives shaft of light to displaced women of violence hit state providing sustainable livelihood under the
Humanity and the Paradox of Human Progress
As Gandhi said, “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane”. This reminds us that the essence of humanity lies
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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
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
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