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Battle for Inner Manipur: BJP and Congress Emerging as Front-Runners Amidst Ethnic Unrest
Waari SIngbul Network Imphal: Amidst the ongoing ethnic unrest in the State, the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency emerges as a pivotal battleground between arch-rivals

Manipur Govt’s Forest Survey Move One of the Triggers for Current Manipur Conflict
When a patient goes to a doctor for treatment, he is asked many questions on the history of his complaints, symptoms experienced by him, environmental

Mirabai Chanu, a Born Winner Now Poised for Paris Olympics, Appeals for Communal Harmony and Blessings
Waari Singbul Network Imphal: After a grueling six-month journey of rehabilitation from a hip injury, Mirabai Chanu, the esteemed Indian women weightlifter, has made

Displaced Person Expresses Hesitancy in Taking Part in Lok Sabha Elections
The 18th Lok Sabha Election is getting closer. Yet many displaced people are in the state of reluctance in exercising their voting. Government has taken

CM Biren and Manipur BJP’s View of Centre’s Stance on Manipur Issue is Contrary to How Opposition Parties Perceive it
Even as the people of Manipur are offended by the chosen silence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and inaction of the Government of India

Amidst Wide Disenchantment at Continuing Conflict Election Has Come Knocking at Our Door
Now the election is knocking at our door. But some sections of the population express that the timing of the election is not conducive to

Book on Manipur Crisis Long on Conjectural Assertions, Short on Documentation and Evidence
Book Title: Shooting the Sun: Why Manipur Was Engulfed by Violence and the Government Remained Silent Author: Nandita Haksar Published by: Speaking Tiger Price: Rs 399 Nandita

Why Have Kuki-Zomi Tribes Decided Not to Contest in the 18th Lok Sabha Election and Instead Boycott It?
With the announcement of the schedule for India’s 18th Parliamentary Elections 2024 by Election Commission of India (ECI), the Kuki-Zomis respite not only the violent

Initiatives for Revival of Nearly Extinct Ngaton Fish in Iril River is the Urgent Need of the Hour
I still remember my childhood days which I enjoyed the taste of Ngaton fish from the Iril river with Changlei rice of Manipur. It seems
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

Headless Manipur University and the Dilemma of Russell’s ‘The Harm That Good Men Do’
For over two years, the Manipur University, Canchipur, came to