When saying “I am Indian” is not enough
Jan 01, 2026A young man travelled across the country to study, carrying nothing more radical than ambition and faith in citizenship. One night, that faith was tested—and fatally rejected—forcing India to confront an unsettling question it has long avoided.
Chandubi amid festivity: A new year begins in harmony with nature
Jan 01, 2026Chandubi village celebrated the New Year with rituals and cultural events highlighting local heritage. The festivities also promoted environmental conservation and community well-being
Manipur’s fragile calm: Life returns to Imphal, but wounds refuse to close
Jan 01, 2026Morning traffic moves, schools reopen and markets hum again in Imphal, offering the comforting illusion of normalcy after months of fear. Yet beneath this surface calm, unresolved conflict, mistrust and armed anxiety linger—reminding Manipur that peace has arrived only halfway.
Manipur's Hill Districts Received Over Rs 17,259 Crore in Development Funds in Last 10 Years
Dec 31, 2025In the charged narratives surrounding Manipur’s ethnic tensions, one accusation has proven especially persistent: that the valley districts have systematically swallowed development funds meant for the hills. A figure often cited claims that between 2017 and 2020, the valley received over Rs 21,000 crores, while the hill districts were left with a meagre Rs 419 crores.
Bridges rise, prejudice remains: Northeast and India’s unfinished union
Dec 31, 2025India is finally racing to connect the Northeast with tunnels, bridges and rail lines, yet its people are still forced to justify their belonging with their last breath. The killing of Anjel Chakma exposes a brutal paradox: a region embraced on paper and on screens, but resisted in everyday conscience.
A Dangerous ‘Safety’ Guarantee Exposes the Crisis of Impunity in Manipur
Dec 30, 2025A recent statement by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a leading Meitei civil society organization, has laid bare the perilous and unaddressed power dynamics at the heart of the state’s ongoing ethnic conflict.
56 Years of British Rule Cannot Divide Manipur into Hill and Valley Forever
Dec 30, 2025The scars of colonialism run deep, but they need not define a nation's future eternally. In Manipur, the rigid hill-valley divide—entrenched in laws and administration—traces its roots to just 56 years of direct British rule (1891–1947), a brief interlude in the kingdom's millennia-long history.
What Manipur crisis reveals about power, neglect and prolonged unrest
Dec 30, 2025Manipur did not descend into chaos overnight; it slid there through decades of unresolved history, selective governance and political convenience. What is most disturbing today is not only the persistence of violence, but the quiet normalisation of displacement, neglect and profit built on other people’s loss.
Nido Tania and Anjel Chakma were not killed by geography alone
Dec 30, 2025The murders of Nido Tania and Anjel Chakma reveal racism in India as a shared instinct, not a regional conflict. Prejudice travels across borders, identities and regions, normalised in everyday life and turning lethal when society refuses to confront it honestly and early.
When citizenship isn’t enough: Racism, indigenous rights and fragility of belonging in India
Dec 30, 2025Indigenous citizens in India continue to face racism and exclusion despite legal citizenship. Ensuring equal rights and recognising diversity is vital for social harmony
Student support and international placements is key to Manipur University's NAAC comeback
Dec 29, 2025A landmark development occurred on December 15-16, when the Department of Vocational Studies and Skill Development (DVSSD) signed an agreement with NSDC International to establish an on-campus Japanese Language Training Centre.
How Kuki Diaspora Links Led to New 'Trump Land' Assault on India's Northeast
Dec 28, 2025Who could have imagined, back in August 2023, that a plea for help delivered in a Surrey gurdwara would plant the seeds for something as audacious as “Trump Land”? Yet that is precisely what happened.
An Administration in Exile: The Abandonment of Tengnoupal
Dec 27, 2025The neglect of Tengnoupal District is not an administrative oversight; it is a stark lesson in how inequality is bureaucratized and a vulnerable population is rendered invisible.
What Happened to the May 2022 Pledge by 50 Kuki Chiefs in Kangpokpi to Ban Poppy Plantation?
Dec 27, 2025In May 2022, a delegation of village chiefs from Saikul Assembly Constituency (under Kangpokpi district), led by MLA Kimneo Haokip Hangshing, submitted a resolution to Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. The chiefs, representing around 50 villages, expressed strong support for the state government's "War on Drugs" campaign.
How Valley Leaders and Bureaucrats Sold Out Their People
Dec 26, 2025The ethnic carnage that has torn Manipur apart since May 2023—with over 300 lives lost, thousands displaced, and communities segregated into valley and hill enclaves—is not merely a sudden clash of identities.
Standing Tall: A Christmas Message of Resilience and Hope for Manipur
Dec 25, 2025Light does not always arrive with fanfare; sometimes it takes root quietly in ruins, refusing to die. This is a story about what survives when homes burn, voices fall silent, and hope seems buried—and why darkness never has the final word.
Why the Army Remains Our Only Hope for Lasting Peace in Manipur?
Dec 24, 2025Despite numerous memoranda and heartfelt pleas from concerned citizens across Manipur urging decisive action to dismantle the misuse of unofficial buffer zones—which continue to obstruct resettlement efforts and indefinitely prolong the acute suffering of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons—the administration under President's Rule has regrettably failed to seriously confront those hostile civil society organisations aggressively pursuing a separatist agenda.
How the West Misread Bangladesh and Opened the Door to Radical Chaos
Dec 24, 2025The turmoil in Bangladesh is often framed in Western capitals as a familiar story of “democratic correction” and “human-rights advocacy.” Yet this framing collapses under closer scrutiny. What unfolded was not a principled defence of democracy, but a profound strategic and moral misreading , one that weakened the very forces holding radicalism at bay. In doing so, the West helped uncork a volatile mix of extremism, cultural erasure, and targeted violence, with consequences that now extend far beyond Bangladesh’s borders.
India’s narrowest lifeline can no longer be treated as an afterthought
Dec 24, 2025What sounded like a provocative remark about widening the Siliguri Corridor is, in fact, a reminder that India’s strategic vulnerabilities have not disappeared—only grown more consequential. The real question is not whether borders should change, but whether the country is prepared for the day when geography, not politics, tests the resilience of the Indian state.
The Ignored Crisis: Why the World Must Act to Protect Bangladesh's Hindu Minority
Dec 24, 2025In the turbulent months following Bangladesh's political upheaval in August 2024, a vulnerable community has found itself caught in the crossfire of competing political forces. The Hindu minority, comprising approximately 8% of Bangladesh's population, faces an escalating pattern of violence, intimidation, and displacement that demands urgent international attention.
Strategic Imperative: Assam's Airport Network Must Expand Now
Dec 24, 2025The recent inauguration of Guwahati's upgraded international airport by Prime Minister Modi marks a pivotal moment for Assam. While this ₹5,000 crore investment positions the state as Northeast India's premier aviation gateway, it simultaneously exposes a critical vulnerability: overdependence on a single hub in an era of heightened border tensions and untapped economic potential.
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