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“Oneness”: A Defiant Cinematic Stand Against Deep-Rooted Socio-Cultural Intolerance
In a society like Manipur, where silence around gender and sexuality still cloaks everyday conversations, ONENESS doesn’t just break the silence—it shatters it with grace,
Director Maipaksana on His Award-Winning Film and the Path Ahead for Manipuri Cinema
In order to encourage and elevate the level of Manipuri cinema, the state gives out awards every year to recognize significant contributions to the Manipuri
Manipur Journalist Visit ICIMOD Nepal as Exposure Trip, Learn Climate Reporting Technique
A team of 13 individuals from Manipur, including journalists and officials from the Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, visited the International Centre for Integrated
Conservation of Wild Edible Plants Will Help in Safeguarding Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge of the People of Manipur
‘I sold vegetables such as Yelang, Peruk, Pullei, Kengoi, Yembum Mana etc. at Lamlong Keithel, for almost one decade. But now I am not selling
Myriad of Different Ideas and Positions of Kuki-Zomi, Thadou and Meitei Making Solution Elusive
The violent conflict that erupted on May 3, 2023 in Manipur’s Churachandpur district with Kuki-Zomi militants attack against the Meiteis has completed two years on
Mushroom: The Less-Known Yet Promising Wonder Drug
What if the next breakthrough in medicine isn’t found in the laboratory—but growing in our backyard or forest floor? Mushrooms, often mistaken as mere culinary
Sleep State Impasse: A Mass Digital Disorder
The human civilization today is facing a tremendous crisis of collective sleep state impasse which leads us to the end of human psychological evolution. With
On International Harm Reduction Day (7th May, 2025), Manipur Must Rethink its Drug Policy Through a Human Rights Lens
As the world observes International Harm Reduction Day today, it is time for Manipur to reflect not only on the tragic toll of drug use,
Pope Francis: A Man of Our Time and a Man For Others
On the 13th March 2013, when the white smoke from the Sistine Chapel was seen, the faithful gathered in the Vatican square exclaimed in joy
Weekly Digests
The Poet Lamabam Kamal: Life and Times – Part 4
From the volume Confluence: Essays on Manipuri Literature and Culture
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