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Even After One Year of Violent Conflict in Manipur, No Normalcy in Sight
Now, the violent conflict that erupted on May 3, 2023 with Kuki-Zomi militants attacking Meiteis in Manipur’s Churachandpur district and its bordering areas of Bishnupur

Taiwan Looks Forward to Enhancing Shared Culture and Economic Ties with India
The self-rule island nation of Taiwan looks forward to strengthening cultural, economic, and shared interests with India. Taiwan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Joseph Wu

Displace People Manage to Stabilize Their Lives Amid Government Apathy in Resolving the Manipur Crisis
Manipur conflict turned one year on May 3 but not seen visible sign of returning to normalcy. However, people staying in relief camps managed to

How India Uses National Interest as a Smokescreen to Muzzle the Media
By Simran Agarwal, Sorbonne Paris Nord University in PARIS The Indian government is weaponising ‘national interest’ measures to close down reporting it deems critical of the

Development as Remedy to Regional Unrest as Well as National Security
The old question of whether it is a necessary condition for peace to precede development continues to haunt everybody genuinely concerned with the affairs of

The Government Must Investigate, Expose and Overcome the Unidentified Armed Persons in Black Dress
Amidst complaints of voter intimidation, booth-capturing, and violence across several polling booths, India’s 18th Parliamentary Election in Manipur for two Lok Sabha seats concluded on

Manipur’s First Time Voters Experience the 18th Lok Sabha Election 2024
“It’s not enough to just want change… You have to go and make a change by voting.”-Taylor Swift India is the world largest democracy.

Evicted Victims Longing For Humanitarian Support From Government
Victims evicted from Waithou Sangomshang currently staying at temporary camp doubled their sufferings after their makeshift house was destructed by recent storm. The suffers are

Rejoinder/ The Immigration Issue in Northeast in Recent History is Darker Than Often Made Out to be
Dear Editor, This refers to your article published by The New Indian Express on April 11, 2024. You have been rather generous on the immigration

Team of Two Theatre Directors Portray King Bhagyachandra as a genius and statesman
The following is a 15-year-old review of a play in

The Beautiful Legends and Myths of the Meeteis About Sacred Koubru Chinggoirol
Introduction: Once our religious scholars said, “Koubru is the top
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