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‘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,
Push for a Popular Government has Diverted and Diluted the Focus of People’s Movement for Conflict Resolution
Now, the mind, time and energy of the people of Manipur including a section of the society working in the space of civil society, opinion
Weekly Digests
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?
The World of G.C. Tongbra – Part 1
From the volume “Confluence: Essays on Manipuri Literature and Culture”
Demand For Tribal Status for Meiteis Reveals Many Aspects of Manipur Society, Must However Not be Rushed
The demand from certain sections of the Meitei community for
Movies that Remind us Group Norms Evolved to Provide Secure and Stable Society
– Somehow I feel that an ordinary person–the man in