How Ambedkar and Gandhi differed in their approach to manual scavengers
Dec 04, 2025Dr B R Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi stressed cleanliness as vital for dignity and social justice. Their advocacy against manual scavenging inspires ongoing efforts for equality and swachhta in India
Nagas in Kangpokpi: Living as Refugees in Their Own Homeland
Dec 03, 2025Kangpokpi District, located in the northern region of Manipur, stands today as a stark example of structural marginalisation, administrative imbalance and constitutional breakdown. For decades, the Naga population in the district has faced unequal access to political representation, developmental opportunities and essential public services. Their situation has gradually transformed into a de facto refugee-like existence within their own homeland, as governance and central state-led development have become heavily concentrated in favour of one dominant community.
When Dreams Refuse Limits: Northeast's Rising Voices On The International Day Of Persons With Disabilities
Dec 03, 2025As the world marks the International Day of Disability on December 3rd, India stands at a powerful crossroads, where the dreams of the specially challenged are beginning to shape national conversations, challenge public institutions, and rewrite what inclusion truly means.
In Manipur, Some Children Are Rescued by Hashtags, Others Recruited by Hate
Dec 03, 2025While boys his age chase footballs across dusty courtyards or pore over textbooks beneath mango trees, thirteen-year-old Abraham Pausiankap, uprooted by Manipur’s unrelenting ethnic conflict, recently stood in line at an Army recruitment rally.
Why the Hills want answers about Citizenship Inquiry into GTA Chief Executive Anit Thapa?
Dec 02, 2025Darjeeling Hills residents demand transparency on Anit Thapa citizenship inquiry report amid growing public concern. Calls for accountability and openness intensify to maintain trust in governance.
Why Reserve Forests Must Be Saved from Religious Encroachment for Peaceful Coexistence
Dec 02, 2025No one is against mosques—or temples or churches—built on lawful private land. The anger is aimed at something colder and more calculated: plant a religious structure on forest soil, let it gain sanctity over time, then dare the state to touch it.
From Plate to Policy: How Assam Is Redefining Nutrition and Food Security
Dec 01, 2025Assam is enhancing nutrition and food security by blending traditional and modern approaches. Targeted initiatives and supportive policies focus on vulnerable communities for lasting health benefits
Panic, “Grovel” and a 37-year-old who wouldn’t slow down: Inside Kohli’s vintage Ranchi hundred
Dec 01, 2025Open on the image of Kohli, 36 going on 37, leaping in Ranchi after his hundred – “a 36-year-old trying to clear a 36-inch emotional bar”. Bring in the sprinted twos, the dive for a single, the full-throated roar that made Rohit erupt on the balcony. Make it clear that this story is not about a number (135) but about a question: how can someone who has done everything still look this hungry?
Bangladesh’s 2026 Election will decide India’s security for a generation
Dec 01, 2025Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture as it prepares for general elections in February 2026, following the dramatic collapse of Sheikh Hasina's government during the July-August 2024 uprising.
Bhagawad Gita and a life with happiness, success and full of purpose
Dec 01, 2025In the last shloka of Bhagawad Gita, Sanjay said: “यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर: | तत्रश्रीर्विजयो भूतिध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ||”
A Meitei IDP Father’s Cry from the Relief Camp
Nov 30, 2025The people of Manipur — especially those thousands still languishing in relief camps — are still waiting for the PR administration to issue a fresh, unambiguous clarification: if buffer zones truly do not exist, why are Meitei families being violently stopped from returning home, and why is the Kuki demand for these zones being enforced on the ground without any official acknowledgement or rejection?
Guwahati terminal T2- seat belts on, set on course! Blue skies and tailwind!
Nov 29, 2025It’s all in the news! A new terminal with 140,000 square meters of floor area, 64 check-in counters, 20 self-check-in kiosks, 10 airbridges, and ability to handle 4,500 passengers per hour, in an international award-winning building themed to depict the rich culture of the state, and inspired by the strength of bamboo and the elegance of the foxtail orchid.
Why Do the People Still Not Own the Hills They Were Promised in 1967?
Nov 29, 2025When the hill brothers and sisters cry out, bleed their hearts, and march “in defence of ancestral lands,” pause and ask: whose land are they really defending? It is not theirs. The soil they call ancestral still legally belongs to the chiefs whose titles and powers were abolished in 1967.
Climate meets conservation: What COP30 and the IUCN Congress mean for India and Northeast
Nov 29, 2025With COP30 in Belém, Brazil drawing to a close, and the dust almost settled on IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 held in Abu Dhabi, the deeper association climate and biodiversity share, has been reiterated once more. Whether through hard negotiations on adaptation and climate finance at COP30, or member-driven motions and conservation commitments at WCC, the message is unmistakably clear - we cannot secure the climate without protecting nature, and we cannot protect nature without tackling climate change.
A system is rotting
Nov 28, 2025Tezpur University’s campus has become a battleground for change, marked by an unprecedented student-led lockdown that entered its most intense phase on November 27. The growing unrest, now entering its 69th day, signals a profound institutional crisis rooted in allegations of financial irregularities, administrative neglect, and leadership failure. The university community, students, faculty, and staff, has united in demanding accountability at the highest levels, calling for direct intervention by key officials and the Union Ministry of Education.
From all-rounder chaos to red-ball clarity: The tough selection reset India can’t dodge anymore
Nov 27, 2025India’s Test team doesn’t need a revolution as much as it needs someone willing to use a ruler and a red pen. For too long, selection has tried to satisfy every format at once: stuffing the XI with all-rounders, rewarding IPL flashes, and adding “depth” everywhere to hedge against collapse. On paper it looks flexible; on the field it feels fragile. The way back isn’t romantic — it’s simple: pick specialists, define roles, and make Ranji the main exam instead of the side note.
Assam’s Opposition and the New Politics of Disruption
Nov 27, 2025Assam’s recent Winter Session has once again highlighted a growing trend in the state’s politics: the steady replacement of reasoned opposition with performative disruption. Legislative floors, once spaces for debate and scrutiny, are increasingly treated as extensions of street protest—where slogans, placards, and procedural obstruction dominate over argument and analysis.
Why Dinganglung Gangmei’s Courage Matters for Manipur’s Survival
Nov 27, 2025Manipur needs leaders like MLA Dinganglung Gangmei right now—leaders who are willing to risk votes, alliances, and even personal safety to say what they believe is true instead of what is convenient.
From Wankhede cheers to Guwahati jeers: How Gautam Gambhir became the lightning rod for India’s Test identity crisis
Nov 27, 2025From the moment Gautam Gambhir stepped out near the boundary rope in Guwahati, it was clear this was not going to be just another bad day at the office. The floodlights were on, but the stadium felt dimmed by the weight of a 408-run defeat, India’s biggest-ever loss by runs in Tests, and the noise that rose from the stands was not applause or even polite disappointment. It was a chant, sharp and personal, cutting through the night: “Gautam Gambhir haye haye.” For a man who once made his name quietening hostile crowds, it was a strange, almost surreal reversal — the hero of Wankhede suddenly cast as the villain of Barsapara.
When the Constitution Itself Is Kept in Relief Camp, How Can We Celebrate the Constitution Day
Nov 26, 2025In Manipur, the Constitution has itself become an internally displaced document—exiled from the land it governs, stripped of all force, and reduced to sheltering in the same relief camps as the citizens it once promised to safeguard.
The New Middle Class and New Identity
Nov 26, 2025India's new middle class is reshaping social and economic patterns with distinct values and aspirations. Their influence extends to politics, culture, and governance reforms across urban and semi-urban India
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