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New Year 2025: Let’s do this Way
“The New Year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.” Melody Beattie The calendar year 2024 has finally come
Readiness to Change with Time is the Only Way to Cope with Destiny
We are on the eve of another New Year already. While it is perfectly justified for all to look forward a new year, the old
India’s Changing Policy on Free Movement Regime (FMR) with Myanmar Continues to be an Issue of Conflict in Manipur
In less than a year, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has changed abruptly its policy two times on the Free Movement Regime (FMR) with
Monish Yengkhom: Manipur’s Only Representative in IFFI’s 100 Creative Minds of Tomorrow Reflects on His Journey and the Future of Filmmaking
Monish Yengkhom, the only individual from Manipur selected for the prestigious 100 Creative Minds of Tomorrow at the recently concluded 55th International Film Festival of
Life Gets Better for IDP Inmates of Pre-Fabricated Houses, Yet Their Eagerness to go Back Home Not Diminished
Inmates of Pre-Fabricated House at Sajiwa under Imphal East district finds solace through cultivating vegetables in vast arable land lying in surrounding areas of their
Beyond Currency: Not All Money is Just Money
In Manipuri society, monetary Dakshina/ Dakhina is not merely a form of money—it is a profound symbol of respect, tradition, and the delicate relationship between
Strategies to Provide Short-Term Relief and Long-Term Resilience for Farmers Facing Flood-Risks Vital
“The flood that occurred in the first week of October this year, 2024, has destroyed all the vegetables that was supposed to earn a profit
Northeast and its Identity Crisis: But I am One of You
Book Title: But I am One of You Publisher: HarperCollins India Co-Editors: Samrat Choudhury and Preeti Gill The book is a collage of short
Perceptions on the Violent Conflict Between Kuki-Zomi Militants and Meiteis For 20 Months are Still Divergent
While many stakeholders including Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren and civil society organisation, Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) among others perceive the violent conflict
Weekly Digests
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
Growing Up to Like the Music and the People Who Made it so Special for Me
I grew up with a big radio that my foster