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Thinking Right in Time
In a typical Manipuri wedding, when the groom’s mother wept, the tense escalates into something else. It was natural for the bride’s parents to break
Clarity, Visibility, Legacy: Lessons from the Frontlines of Entrepreneurial Burnout
If you’ve ever felt like your business is running you instead of the other way around, then this story might sound painfully — and hilariously
Imphal Floods: When Disaster Becomes a Spectacle
I wonder why we are so okay with the idea of standing still as a mere spectator at times that do not demand any form
Civil Society, Strikes, and the Forgotten Voices of Drug Users in Manipur
In the wake of a prolonged crisis in Manipur that has persisted for over two years, yet another disheartening incident unfolded on May 20, 2025.
IPFM Urges Governor for Strict Implementation of Illegal Immigration Identification and Deportation Process in Manipur
Indigenous People’s Forum, Manipur (IPFM) on May 30, 2025 urges the Governor of Manipur to strictly implement the Illegal Immigration Identification and Deportation Process in
Bad Optics in Bad Times: The Way Forward Must be About Transparency and Fixing Accountability in Explaining What Actually Happened
The pathetically insensitive episode of a contingent of Mahar Regiment near Gwaltabi 26 km from Imphal stopping and forcing the word “Manipur” to be hidden
Loktak Lake Experience: Loktak Machet Machet Seygaibagee Warolsing
Once a thriving and interconnected wetland, Loktak Lake is now a landscape of fragments. Roads slice through its waters, concrete structures rise where there was
Manipuri Cinema: Between Retrospection, Reinvention, and a Rendezvous with Relevance
Fifty-three years ago, in 1972, Manipur witnessed the advent of its first feature film and today it has come a long way. Though many films
My Pride and Your Ego: A Socio-Political ‘Pi’ (3.14)
The human zeal to achieve what they feel they deserve is, beyond measure, intense. Securing at least the pace and process will set the mood
Weekly Digests
The Creative World of Aribam Syam Sharma, Veteran and Virtuoso Manipuri Film Maker
Manipur film is set to complete 50 years of existence
Two Manipuri Films, “Loktak Lairembi” and “Tainted Mirror”, Raise the Bar of Psychological Drama to New Heights in Their Own Different Ways – Part-1
Two films, one not so recent, the other oven fresh,
Dedicating Andaman Peak to Manipur is Great, But Exposed Again is also Manipur’s Sloppy Scholastic Research Tradition
The renaming of Mt. Harriet in the Andaman and Nicobar
Anticipated Poaching Spree Ahead in Manipur’s Brand of Turncoat Politics is Making Parties Play Cards Close to Chest and Not Reveal Intended Candidates
Elections to the Manipur Legislative Assembly are barely five months
A Tattoo for the Soul: How a Self-Taught Tattoo Maker From Ukhrul Built an Enterprise in Delhi
Self taught tattoo entrepreneur Melvyn Shimray from Ukhrul, Manipur might not be
Opaque Curtain Between Official and Public Memory: Why Phulo and Irabot are Unequally Treated in Meetei Imagination of Their Past?
What is history and memory, therefore, the nation/community made of?