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A Clarion Call for Unity: Peace as the Basic Foundation for Progress in Manipur
In a thought-provoking online discussion held on March 8, 2025, on occasion of International Women’s Day, women civil society leaders and professionals from the 3 major
Manipur is All Set to Face Tough Measures by the PR Government, Hopefully These Will Come in Velvet Gloves
President’s Rule, PR, in Manipur has completed three weeks. Initial apprehension among common folks that this would be a bulldozer on rampage is giving way
Resisting the Resistance in Myanmar: The Complex Interplay of Multiple Nationalisms
Four years after the February 1, 2021 military coup led by General Min Aung Hliang, Myanmar’s destiny continues to remain uncertain. The multiple ethnic fault-lines
I’m Not a Robot Review: A Haunting Reflection on Humanity and AI
On 3rd March, the winners of the 2025 Oscars were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Anora was the biggest
A Manufactured Conflict: The Structural Logic of India’s Role in the Manipur Ethnic Violence
The ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, with its mass killings, mass displacements, and appearance of well-armed factions, raises several urgent questions about the role of
Implications of Unification of Two of Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Chin Armed Groups at the Behest of Mizoram Chief Minister
The recent signing of agreement between two rival alliances of anti-Junta armed groups of Myanmar’s Chin State to become a unified body – Chin National
Celebrating Gender Equality on International Women’s Day 2025
“A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman stands up for everybody else”. (Unknown) In this 21st century, to be a woman in
Women Empowerment: Myth or Reality
Women empowerment is the agenda of uplifting the status of women so that they can gain control over their lives, set their own agenda and
Need for a Collective Responsibility for Conservation and Rejuvenation of Wetlands in Manipur for a Sustainable Future
The word “Keisham-Pat” or “Porom-Pat” seems to be a place at Imphal with full urban infrastructures and without any symbols of past existence of waterbodies
Weekly Digests
For the Aspiring Woman, Entrepreneurship can help Beat all odds Besides Levelling out the Gender Playing Field
Women empowerment refers to the process of increasing women’s power
Revisiting SC’s Interpretation of Preventive Detention in the Wake Manipur’s Spree of NSA Arrests
On May 17, the National Security Act, 1980 was invoked
Corona Virus Second Wave in Manipur: Why is it so Devastating?
Covid-19’s second wave is wreaking havoc in Manipur, as it
Remembering Dr. Jodhachandra Sanasam (Kakaton): Doctor, Poet, but Above all a Good Man
The Buried Placenta My origin, my buried placenta, buried
Joshy Joseph’s “Walking Over Water” Leaves me Reflecting on his Artistic Journey with my Father’s
My father Ashim Ray (1927-86) is considered an exceptional novelist
My Journey to Mt. Everest Base Camp and Mt. Kalapathar With Bijaya Yumlembam as Part of an MMTA Expedition
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