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A Historical Account of Kabaw Valley
The name Kabaw has baffled writers and researchers of Manipur and Myanmar for a long time. There is no such meaning of the name Kabaw
Navigating the IFFI Journey: Filmmaker Ronel Haobam Shares Insights on Selection Trends and Challenges in Filmmaking
At the recently concluded 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, Manipur’s National Award-winning filmmaker Ronel Haobam served as one of the seven
Collaborative Discussions Key to Elevating Manipuri Cinema, Says Filmmaker Oinam Gautam
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), celebrated as the largest film festival in the country, concluded its latest edition in Goa on November 28.
Countering Insurgencies Through Hindutva Ideology in Manipur?
In a letter to Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, national president of the Indian National Congress, on 21 November 2024, Jagat Prakash Nadda, national president of the
Reverse Democracy: An Undreamed Era
The backsliding of democracy is not a new phenomenon to most of us. The global political scenario has its bitter moments in recent times. In
Government Needs to Change its Attitude to the Violent Conflict In Manipur and the Approach to Resolving the Almost 20-Months Conflict
Since May 3, 2023, Manipur has been mired in a violent conflict that has left its people in distress and disarray. Over 19 months have
Dada at Ninety, Cinema at Hundred and Sahoo at Hundred and One!
Not long ago, a poet summed up in style: Cinema theatres are the psycho-analytical clinics of the working class. But the reality of this clinic
How Identities are Shaped: Reinventing Northeast Identity, Reinventing Indian Identity
The idea of the Northeast is intriguing. It indicates a direction therefore should have remained as an adjectival clause – “north-east”. It indeed does to
Government’s Attempt to Resume Public Transport Sabotaged by Siege of Highways by Kuki-Zomi Militants and CSOs
Since May 3, 2023, the ongoing siege of National Highway 2 (Imphal-Dimapur Road), National Highway 37 (Imphal-Silchar Road), Imphal-Moreh stretch of NH-2 and Asian Highway-1
Weekly Digests
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