Taste of Home: North Eastern Migrants and Flavours in Bengaluru
Oct 22, 2025North Eastern migrants are reshaping Bengaluru's culinary scene with their traditional dishes. This cultural exchange is enhancing the city's food diversity and community ties
50 Sepoys, Not an Army: How Kuki Historians Turned a Punitive Raid into the Anglo-Kuki War
Oct 20, 2025On October 17, 1917, J.C. Higgins, President of the Manipur State Durbar, led just 50 sepoys to Mombi village to confront its chief for refusing to provide recruits for the World War I labor corps. When the chief failed to appear or send a representative, Higgins, acting under the authority of Maharaja Churachand Singh, ordered the village burned—a punitive measure in the princely state of Manipur.
Zubeen: The Eternal Note
Oct 20, 2025It was the year 1992. The city was still called Madras. I first met Zubeen Garg there. We were both young, restless, and filled with the hunger for music. I was playing lead guitar for his performances at Kamaraj Memorial Hall, a place that still carries the echoes of those early dreams. Along with us was Patrick A. Rosario, a well-known blind musician from Madras, who played the keyboard with unmatched grace as part of our troupe.
Quest for Greater Mizoram Surges After Kuki's Separate Administration Dreams Crushed
Oct 18, 2025On October 15, 2025, the Mizo Integration Council (MIC) was launched in Churachandpur town, led by R L Haokip, with a vision to unite Kuki, Zomi, Hmar, Paite, Vaiphei, and others—across Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Tripura, and even parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Why President's Rule in Manipur Fails the Churachandpur IDPs and the Relief Committee JNIMS
Oct 17, 2025More than 897 days have passed since the violence of May 3, 2023, yet the wounds remain fresh in Manipur. For the thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), the imposition of President’s Rule on February 13, 2025, has not brought relief—it has compounded their suffering.
Zubeen Garg becomes the new slogan in Rahul Gandhi–Himanta Biswa Sarma face-off
Oct 17, 2025Zubeen Garg’s death has turned Assam’s grief into election theatre. Six months before polls, his legacy fuels a fierce contest of power and propaganda, where mourning is staged, justice politicised, and the state’s most beloved voice repurposed for partisan gain.
Meidinliu’s Trek Exposes a Broken System in the Hills of Manipur
Oct 16, 2025The viral story of Meidinliu Newmai, a 50-year-old ASHA worker from Atangkhullen village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district, has captured hearts across social media and even reached the office of Manipur’s Governor.
Why Students Are Protesting Against PDA For Red Land Building Demolition In Shillong
Oct 15, 2025The students of Dhanamanjuri University (DMU), under the aegis of the All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), stormed and locked the Planning and Development Authority (PDA) office in Chingmeirong yesterday, igniting a fierce protest against the reckless demolition of the historic Manipur Rajbari, known as the Red Land Building, in Shillong.
Voices from the Mountains: How Community Radio in Uttarakhand is Nurturing Environmental Resilience and Livelihoods
Oct 15, 2025Community radios in Uttarakhand promote environmental awareness and support livelihoods through localised broadcasts. They empower communities with knowledge on sustainability and conservation.
PM Modi’s recent visit to Manipur - A constructive analysis
Oct 15, 2025North-East Bharat was generally being neglected, exploited and received unfairness by the British during colonial period. Unfortunately, this continued even after Independence. Consequently, it was once looked upon as an underdeveloped tribal area, but not anymore now! The region has witnessed unprecedented progress and development during last 11 years, be it in the field of multidimensional infrastructure and human resource development, improvement in quality of life or bridging the cultural, physical and emotional gaps with other parts of Bharat.
Stampede, Deliberative Democracy and Public Sphere
Oct 14, 2025In the chaos of yet another stampede, the vulnerable are drawn in by promises and gifts only to be abandoned by a system that values spectacle over safety, leaving lives expendable and voices unheard. Democracy falters when inclusion is ignored.
N Biren Singh’s five-year battle to save Red Land shattered by President’s Rule
Oct 14, 2025The demolition of Red Land in Shillong reveals a stark insensitivity within the bureaucracy, which failed to promptly inform the Governor about the issue. The letter submitted to the relevant department was either disregarded or discarded, or the Governor chose not to act to preserve this heritage. Whatever the cause, the loss is irreparable, leaving us to mourn the destruction of a cherished legacy.
How Kukis Forced a Churachandpur School Teacher's Apology in Manipur
Oct 13, 2025Mang Zou was not wrong to address the Kuki community’s historical clashes with other groups, yet he was unjustly forced to apologize by school authorities under intense pressure.
Why BJP Preserves One Monument but Erases 2000-Year Legacy of Manipur
Oct 11, 2025The stark contrast in the treatment of two historical sites linked to Manipur's past—the meticulously preserved Indian National Army (INA) Advanced Headquarters hut in Moirang Konjengbam Leikai and the recently demolished Red Land Building in Shillong—exposes a deliberate pattern of intentional erasure in BJP's historical narrative.
The selfie spot of sorrow: What we’re turning Zubeen Garg’s funeral site into
Oct 11, 2025As witnessed by my colleagues and felt in the air around the funeral site of late Zubeen Garg, something has changed — something unsettling.
Politics on posters: The contested space of religion in India
Oct 11, 2025After 2014, when Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party came to power, the political rhetoric of “Hindus in Danger” was injected into the heart and soul of Mother India. This narrative, consistently propagated, has been used as a potent tool to convince large sections of society of its supposed truth. The result has been a dangerous surge in communalism and polarization, leaving Muslims with a deep sense of insecurity about their place in the republic.
Who Bulldozed Red Land in Shillong? The Guilty Must Be Punished Before History Fades
Oct 10, 2025The demolition of Shillong’s historic Red Land Building, known as the Manipur Rajbari, has unleashed a torrent of grief and outrage across Manipur, thrusting the Manipur government into a maelstrom of controversy.
From Manipur to Nagaland: Kuki Tribes and the Rise of Indigenous Protectionism
Oct 09, 2025The escalating ethnic tensions in Manipur, particularly surrounding the Kuki tribes' contested status within the Scheduled Tribe (ST) framework, have reverberated across Northeast India, igniting a wave of indigenous protectionism in Nagaland.
Why was the Governor absent from Manipur's state-level Mera Hou Chongba Festival
Oct 08, 2025Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s absence from Mera Hou Chongba on October 7, 2025, stands out starkly against his enthusiastic participation in the Shirui Lily Festival earlier this year. While he skipped the event at Kangla Fort, he served as the chief guest at the Shirui Lily Festival’s inauguration on May 20 in Ukhrul. The Shirui Lily Festival, a five-day tourism extravaganza from May 20–24 celebrating Manipur’s endangered state flower (Lilium mackliniae), drew Governor's full presence.
Twenty days on, Zubeen Garg’s death becomes a political tug-of-war
Oct 08, 2025Even twenty days after the passing of Assam’s beloved musician Zubeen Garg, the mystery surrounding his sudden death in Singapore continues to linger. As his family and fans wait in anguish for truth and justice, what began as a moment of collective mourning has now turned into a politically charged battleground, with parties trading accusations instead of answers.
The Silent Architects of India: RSS and the Making of Freedom
Oct 08, 2025The RSS quietly supported India's freedom struggle through cultural nationalism and disciplined organisation. Its contributions helped shape leadership and the nationalist movement leading to independence
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