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UN Special Rapporteur Recommends India to Give UNHCR Unfettered Access to Refugees in Manipur and Mizoram
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situations of Human Rights in Myanmar recommends that India give the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

My Dinner with Sydney, or, Roy Batty meets HAL?
– Now [Scarlett O’Hara’s husband] saw that she understood entirely too well and he felt the usual masculine indignation at the duplicity of women. Added

Present status of women under Taliban regime
Abstract August 2021- while the month was routine for the rest of the world with just another passing period in the current historical period, the

State Students Hold Demo in Delhi Demanding NRC; Lungnila Elizabeth Killers Get Life Terms; CM Meets Amit Shah on SoO Withdrawal
Lungnila Elizabeth Killers After the sentence hearing on March 13, 2023, the Session Judge, Imphal East, sentenced two convicts – Letkhosei Haokip and Ningombam Rome

Cabinet Doubles Down on Reserved Forest Eviction Decision and Crackdown on Poppy Farming; to Withdraw From SoO with KNA and ZRA; Forest Guards to be Armed
IMPHAL, March 11: The Manipur government in a cabinet decision yesterday decided to take strong measures against any effort to disrupt the State Government’s fight

What the Eviction Controversy Tells us of a Primal Friction Between Shifting Populations and the Modern State
The clashes over the Manipur Forest Department’s move to evict villages they consider to be encroachers in forest areas declared as Reserved Forests under the

Constant Water Leakage Because of Defective Valve Hastened Water Level Depletion at Singda Dam
Almost all the government water supply units have stopped supplying water to general public in Greater Imphal Area citing the level of water in the

Patriarchy opting for Gender Equality Must Rest on the Understanding Mothers are Unpaid Contributors to Nation Building
While Indian society is primarily patriarchal in administration and property rights, there is a growing awareness of women’s share in familial and societal proceedings. Each

Women on the frontline of peace
By Tasha Wibawa, 360info in Melbourne Women face specific and systematic gender-based issues in conflict situations. The challenge is how to empower more women

Reflections on My Long Journey With MSAD
The first time I heard about Manipur Students’ Association Delhi

The Idea of a Sovereign Socialist Manipur: Interview of Nonglen Meitei of Maoist Communist Party Manipur
The following is interview of one Nonglen Meitei, who claimed

Pursuit of a Proximate Frontier
In his seminal book Imperilled Frontiers: India’s North-Eastern Borderlands, the

Idea of a Sovereign Manipur: Interview of RK Meghen, former Chairman of the United National Liberation Front
The following is an interview of RK Meghen, former Chairman

As Ningol Chakouba Approaches, a Refection on Why Everybody Must be Ready to Take Life in its Strides
Amidst all the politics and politicking, we are here once

The Idea of a Sovereign Zalen’gam: Interview of General Secretary of United Kuki Liberation Front Pu David Haokip
The following is the reproduction of an interview with the


Richest Languages Are Those Which Continually Enrich Their Vocabularies by Absorbing New Words



How Successful has the Integration of the Northeast been as India turns 75



Unworldly and Torturous Alienation is a Precondition of the Supremely Creative

Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 3

Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 2


Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 1

Jungian Archetype And The Harmful Consequence Of Cultural Stereotype

For the Aspiring Woman, Entrepreneurship can help Beat all odds Besides Levelling out the Gender Playing Field

Understanding Gender: How Culture and Biology Have Differentiated Gender Roles for Ages

Lived Experiences Have Always Profoundly Influenced Literary Explorations of Fictional Human Characters

Cacophony of a Conundrum: Understanding sexual harassment beyond the condemnation of “Cultural Scavengers”



Only Environment-Friendly Behaviour of Humans Can Contain Proliferation of Wasteful and Toxic Degradation of Life



