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A National Policy on Demographic Change will Remain Incomplete unless it Confronts the Manipur–Myanmar Dimension
The Government of India’s constitution of the “High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes” (HLCDC) headed by Retired Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar under the Ministry of Home
Children at the Forefront in Manipur and the Youth-Led Movement on the Internet
The Nepal youth-led uprising of September 2025 has made waves in South Asia across internet platforms as a testament to the potential power of youth
How to Strangulate a Society through an Incompatible Education System: A Critical Reflection
The destruction of a society is seldom achieved through sudden catastrophe. More often, it occurs through gradual processes that erode a people’s capacity for self-understanding,
Resolving Investor Disputes Under the BUDS Act: Is Mediation a Valid Option, Especially in the Context of Manipur
For thousands across Manipur, the dream of effortless financial growth turned into a waking nightmare as their hard-earned savings vanished into thin air. The seductive
Kuki Cockroach, Naga Cockroach, Meitei Cockroach: When Manipur’s 60 MLAs Become Delhi’s Big Cockroaches”
India never directly calls us “cockroaches.” But it treats us exactly like the cockroach that the “Cockroach Janta Party” meme imagines—a species to be scorned,
Soaring Temperature Exposes Woman Street Vendors to Alarming Health Risks
The above normal surge of temperature this summer has hardened the life of women street vendors, taking tolls both in terms of health and economic
Manipur’s Moral Rot, from Manipur University to the Savage Battlefields of Ethnic Conflicts
In this dark times Manipur is engulfed in, it is difficult not to recall the opening lines of Irish poet William Butler Yeats’ 1919 poem
Too Many Voices, Too Little Healing: The Curious Case of Civil Societies in Manipur
In Manipur, almost everybody today speaks in the language of “civil society.” Every community has one. Sometimes several. Student bodies, women’s groups, youth organisations, village
The Kuki-Zo Council’s Political Recalibration Reflects Both Strategic Consolidation and the Deepening Fragmentation of Manipur
The evolving position of the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) amidst the ongoing Naga-Kuki hostage crisis reveals a significant political recalibration within Manipur’s fractured conflict landscape. The
Weekly Digests
Creative Loneliness as an Eternal Theme in Artistic Imagination Since the Dawn of Human Civilisation
Much has been written about the likeness of the movie
What a Time to be Living in Manipur (Part-1)
Manipur, the so-called “Land of Jewels,” has always felt a
“On Unfinished Ground” (Part-2)
Thinking about a future in Manipur isn’t really about hope or fear
Collateral Innocence: Child and Infant Deaths in Political Conflicts in the 2020s
The ongoing decade has witnessed an alarming intensification of armed
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about Northeast Demography Anxiety
Last fortnight, a violent agitation erupted over a move to
Yandaboo Treaty is now Largely Forgotten but is Pivotal in NE Modern History
February 24 was an important date for the Northeast, but
River Linking, Community Dredging Under MGNREGS and Artificial Reservoirs Could be the Answers to Floods
Ambulance Chasing Moralists Can Make no Difference, the Resolution Must Come From Within
Lok Sabha Election in Manipur and the False Flag of Clash Between Theory and Practice
Beyond Zero Sum Game and Rhetoric of Conflict as Justification for Acts of Atrocities
Representing Trauma of Prolonged Conflict is Sometimes Next to Impossible
Manipur’s Atavistic Nightmare Has Become a Free-For-All Feast for Armchair Commentariat
Leisure, Art and Society in Manipur Today is Literally ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’
‘If We Rely on It Fully, Art Will Die’: Romi Meitei on AI in Filmmaking
Manipuri Cinema: Between Retrospection, Reinvention, and a Rendezvous with Relevance
Conflict Widows of Manipur Set to Get Some Respite from Social Welfare Dept’s Shelter Home Plan
Patriarchy opting for Gender Equality Must Rest on the Understanding Mothers are Unpaid Contributors to Nation Building
On International Women’s Day, a Reflection on Women, Education and Career
70 Year Old Woman Embarks on a Selfless Mission to Promote Tree Plantation
Addressing Water Scarcity by Cooperation Can Foster Peace and Harmony Among Communities
Initiatives for Revival of Nearly Extinct Ngaton Fish in Iril River is the Urgent Need of the Hour
Increasing Groundwater Availability Will Ensure Long-Term Sustainability of Water Supply for Current and Future Generations
