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Violence in the Name of Patriotism: A Misguided Pursuit
Patriotism, ideally a force for unity and progress, is often manipulated to justify destructive acts that harm the very nation they claim to serve. In

‘If We Rely on It Fully, Art Will Die’: Romi Meitei on AI in Filmmaking
On December 28, 1895, the Lumière brothers conducted the world’s first public commercial film screening, at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. Since

The Archetypal Stock Homo of the Shumang Leela
Media and performances have represented trans feminine and gender non-conforming identities through a speculative lens of ridicule and stereotypes. The origin of the word Homo

Relocation or Opening of SOO Camps of Kuki-Zomi Militants Should not be to Balkanize Manipur Further
While the civil society organisations (CSOs) of Manipur including Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) have been demanding abrogation of the Suspension of Operations (SoO)

The Silent Crisis: Unchecked Migration and it’s Impact on Manipur’s Identity: 1941–2025: Tracing Manipur’s Overlooked Demographic Shifts
The state of Manipur, located at India’s geostrategic frontier with Myanmar, has long grappled with unregulated migration, ethnic imbalance and contested land rights. Over the

The Zombies of Our Time
Synchronizing with the opinions and the anecdotes that usually surfaces in public domain, and actualizing the same tendency to the very life-world of the self

A Journey From Darkness to Light IPPNW Kenya April 2023
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) is a non partisan federation of national

An Appeal for Correction of Terminology in Manipur SACS Promotional Video on ART
Sir, Through the columns of your esteemed journal, I wish to draw the attention of the concerned authorities and the general public to a matter

Secularism must mean not just Separating Church from State, but also Ethnicity from Politics
To say Manipur’s problems are intractable would be an understatement. There are too many of them, a great many of which work at cross purposes,

In the Wake of the Recent Ambush Near Behiang, Some Thoughts on How Wars Cannot be Won Without First Winning Peace
The November 13 ambush near Behiang on the India-Myanmar border

Who is Not Afraid of Media? In These Times of Bigotry, the Press Must Stand Firm
Speech delivered on National Press Day of Press Council of

“The Tainted Mirror”, a Well Told Story of Lost Innocence and Redemption in Experience – Part 2
In continuance of the review of two award winning Manipuri

Cinematic Explorations on How the Observer’s Vantage Defines Objective and Subjective
“No two people see things the same way…There are very

Modest Tuition Fees, Similar Syllabi, Make Bangladesh a Favoured Destination for Indian Medical Students
Large numbers of medical aspirants, including from the North East,

The Creative World of Aribam Syam Sharma, Veteran and Virtuoso Manipuri Film Maker
Manipur film is set to complete 50 years of existence



