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Whether the Recent Developments Will Help End the Nine-Month Violent Conflict or Worsen it Will Depend on the Action of the Central Government
Even after the violent conflict that erupted on May 3 last year with Kuki-Zomi militants attacking Meiteis in Manipur’s Churachandpur district and its bordering areas

Land and People in Northeast India: Lessons from the Conflict in Manipur
One insight from the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, and indeed the periodic explosion of similar violence in most other Northeast states, is the problem

Displaced Children Get Ray of Hope From Sarita Regional Boxing Academy
The unprecedented prevailing crisis in Manipur has utterly turned the life of many children upside down. But on the other hand, some affected children fortunately

Recent Leimakhong Oil Spill Incident Has Added More Troubles for Women in Nearby Villages
Heavy fuel oil (HFO) in rivers is of great concern which possesses a significant threat to human health and communities. The issue arises from the

Man held in Manipur SDPO killing case turns out to be BJP leader, expelled
Waari Singbul Network Hemkholal Mate, one of the two persons arrested from Manipur’s Moreh town bordering Myanmar in connection with the killing of police

From Cannes to Museum of Modern Art, Manipur’s Cinematic Jewel Takes Centre Stage
Manipur Film Development Society Manipur State Film Development Society achieves international acclaim with the restoration of Aribam Syam Sharma’s masterpiece, “Ishanou” (1990). The film,

A Relook at Modernity Amidst the Rise of Religious Zealotry
The newly built Ram temple at the city of Ayodhya, believed to the birthplace of the revered Hindu deity Ram is scheduled to be inaugurated

Even as Gunbattles Raged in Moreh Kuki-Zomi Militants Target Their Attacks on Meitei Civilians
With the start of heavy attacks against the Security Forces particularly Manipur Police Commandos in Indo-Myanmar border town Moreh of Manipur since December 30, the

How nanotech could make taking insulin safer and easier
By Nicholas Hunt and Jarryd Daymond, University of Sydney in Sydney A new way of delivering oral insulin could sidestep some of the challenges people living
Controversy Over National Sports University Shows Evidences That Inept Handling by State Government Led to Ugly Inter-Community Frictions
The conflict over the land where India’s only National Sports
Revivalism Instinct in Advanced and Backward Societies Compared in the Light of Postmodernity, and the Consequences This Phenomenon May Bring
Anthony Giddens posits that the condition in late modernity has

Dzuko Can be the Starting Point for a New and Larger Paradigm of Reconciliation Between Nagaland and Manipur
The tragic fire that devastated the beautiful Dzuko Valley has

A Climber Climbs Down After a Trip to Shirui Peak Where Grow the Famed ‘Flowers in the Wilderness’
An article I wrote 2002 after a trek to Shirui
Simon Commission Encounter as an Important Marker of How Identities Form in the Northeast – Part-1
This article was first published in Charles Chasie edited essay
Neville Maxwell’s ‘Facts’ and Silences
(A rejoinder to Neville Maxwell’s “Olaf Caroe’s Fabrication of the