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Pink Foundation Distributes Relief Materials to Sugnu and Serou Displaced Persons, Extend Solidarity to Fasting Malem Thongam
Philanthropic organization Pink Foundation in a continuing program of extending help to conflict displaced people, held a functions to distribute blankets, shawls, shirts and other

The Unfolding Great Game in South East Asia Impacting Northeast States
India’s decision to scrap the Free Movement Regime or FMR across the 1,643-km border with Myanmar as well as to fence it for stricter vigil

Amidst Demands for Deferment of Parliamentary Elections in Manipur Till Ongoing Ethnic Violence Ends, BJP Manipur is Ready to Start Election Campaign
Even as many civil society organisations and opposition political parties of Manipur have called for the deferment of the upcoming parliamentary elections amidst the ongoing

Restoring the Original Aquatic Ecosystem of Rivers Will Help in Creating a Conducive Environment for Meitei Sareng Fish Revival in Manipur
Fish is considered as one of the essential parts of the daily diet in Manipur. Since time immemorial, the majority of people in Manipur developed

Artist cum Academician Yumnam Sapha Strives to Promote Revival of Dying of Age-Old Manipur Subika Painting
At global platform Manipur is known for its rich cultural heritage through the performing arts particularly Raas Leela, Nat Sankirtan, Lai-Haraoba and Thang-Ta. But this

In Manipur Today, Absence of Law is Becoming the New Law
Manipur’s chaos has long become endemic, thanks to those who are supposed to ensure public order. If insanity is defined at its basic as unpredictability

Though Displaced by Violence, Anjali Devi and Langlen Chanu Earn Spots in National Boxing Championship 2024
In a heartening turn of events amidst the turmoil caused by the ongoing violence in Manipur, which has left thousands homeless and seeking refuge in

Why Do People Want Suspension of Operations, SoO, Agreement with Kuki-Zomi Militants Abrogated?
Even as the deadline for extension of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with 25 Kuki-Zomi militant groups expired, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Understanding the Potential Negative Impacts of Alien Fish Species in Aquatic Ecosystem Will Help Revive Indigenous Fishes of Manipur
“Losing the indigenous fishes of our state, Manipur is same as losing our near and dear ones”, lamented by Langpoklakpam Kamal Singh of Khundrakpam Makha
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