ITLF Should Listen to Displaced Kuki-Zo Before Alleging Against Meitei IDPs
Dec 22, 2025The Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum's unsubstantiated and provocative allegations—accusing Meiteis of violating non existent buffer zones while allegedly carrying IEDs—represent a serious affront to the innocent Meitei IDPs finally returning to their own villages after enduring over 30 months in relief camps. Such accusations unfairly implicate an entire community in criminal activities, demanding a firm response through appropriate legal action.
Whether UPA or NDA is in power, why India Inc donates more to BJP
Dec 21, 2025The latest electoral trust data confirms a long-standing pattern: corporate India continues to favour the BJP, regardless of who is in power. This, however, is not necessarily about favoritism. The BJP’s preference for bank-routed donations strengthens the party’s finances, while others have often lost out to intermediaries in cash-based transactions.
National Highways Are Not the Property of COTU, They Cannot Dictate Who Travels or Who Does Not
Dec 21, 2025National highways are public infrastructure, funded by taxpayers and meant for all citizens, not fiefdoms to be controlled by self-appointed gatekeepers like COTU. Their warning to halt Malem Thongam's cycling route through Kangpokpi district—a key area in the hills—is nothing short of authoritarian overreach, but it's just the tip of the iceberg.
Unrest, Youth and the Blind Spots
Dec 21, 2025The brutal lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh earlier this month should have jolted South Asia’s conscience. Instead, it was met largely with silence, evasive framing, or worse—rationalisation. Dipu Chandra Das was not killed in the shadows of a riot. He was dragged out by a mob, accused of blasphemy, lynched, his body tied to a tree and set on fire.
The Silent Siege: India’s Forgotten War on the Kuki-Zo
Dec 20, 2025Imphal, the capital of Manipur, lies just 60 km from Kuki-Zo hill towns like Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, and Tengnoupal as the crow flies. Yet for the past two and a half years, that 60 km has become an uncrossable chasm.
When Streets Fail, Tables Must Speak for Lasting Peace in Manipur
Dec 20, 2025The question before us is whether we are wise enough to shift the theatre of struggle from the streets to the table—transforming agitation into negotiation—so that ordinary people are spared further hardship and peace can be restored, reconnecting both Kuki and Meitei communities.
Kokborok in Roman Script, Forging an Unbreakable Shield for Tripura's Indigenous Identity
Dec 19, 2025The bustling streets and serene villages in Tripura was lighted with a flame of resistance which burns brightly—literally and figuratively—through the Homchang Rallies, where torches symbolize the unyielding spirit of the indigenous Tipra people.
Why emotional maturity matters more than academic excellence in today’s schools
Dec 19, 2025Education today extends far beyond textbooks and exams. At its core lies an invisible skill shaping students, teachers, and parents alike—emotional maturity.
Bamboo, Orchids and new identity: Guwahati Airport’s terminal as gateway to Assam’s future
Dec 19, 2025The upcoming inauguration of the new Bamboo Orchids Terminal at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBIA) on December 20, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marks a defining moment not only for Assam but for the entire Northeast.
Selective Skepticism
Dec 18, 2025In a functioning democracy, suspicion is not a vice; it is a safeguard. Electoral processes must be questioned, scrutinised, and stress-tested—not to weaken them, but to reinforce public faith. Yet there is a thin but consequential line between principled scepticism and convenient cynicism.
Will Kuki Welcome Malem Thongam's Christmas Message of Peace and Hope?
Dec 18, 2025As Christmas arrives—a sacred season celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ, whose teachings emphasize forgiveness, goodwill, and love for all—will Kuki Christian communities in Kangpokpi warmly welcome Malem Thongam’s non-violent peace gesture: a Meitei transgender activist’s courageous 3,000-km cycling pilgrimage from Delhi to Imphal amid Manipur’s ethnic tensions?
Silencing Lone Voice for IDPs from Manipur in Parliament
Dec 18, 2025Dr. Bimol Akoijam stands as a paragon of parliamentary courage and moral fortitude, a lone sentinel battling for Manipur's forgotten amid a sea of ruling party indifference. As the Congress MP from Inner Manipur, he has single-handedly transformed the Lok Sabha into a platform for the voiceless, persistently demanding for few hours in the Lower Houee to force a discussion on the crisis.
Why Kuki militants attack Meitei villages despite peace initiative by Centre?
Dec 17, 2025It is deeply unfortunate and disheartening to witness the resurgence of violence in Manipur, particularly the reported attacks by Kuki militants operating from the hills—on Meitei villages in the border areas of Torbung, Kangvai, and Phougakchao Ikhai in Bishnupur district, bordering Churachandpur.
From shelter to seizure: When Manipur’s IDP crisis becomes a land grab
Dec 16, 2025Temporary occupation of abandoned homes by displaced Meitei and Kuki families is a grim but reversible outcome of Manipur’s violence, driven by survival rather than ownership claims. The real danger begins when non-displaced outsiders, armed with dubious documents and intimidation tactics, attempt to convert humanitarian collapse into permanent dispossession.
A Victory That Refused to Be Complete
Dec 16, 2025Every December, we return to 1971 with a sense of justified pride. Few moments in independent India’s history feel as clear-cut as that war. The Indian Armed Forces fought with precision and restraint. Pakistan’s eastern command collapsed. Bangladesh was born. Over 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered. The outcome was decisive, the cause defensible, the sacrifice immense.
Centre warns BJP MLAs against CSO pressures in push for peace
Dec 15, 2025The BJP Central leadership has explicitly warned State MLAs not to bow down to the diktats of hardline Civil Society Organisations, particularly those on the Kuki-Zo side that continue to obstruct the peace process in Manipur.
Assam’s Moment of Reckoning: Governance, Identity and the Search for Balance
Dec 15, 2025Assam today stands at a delicate but decisive moment in its political and social journey. The state is no longer trapped in the cycles of agitation and uncertainty that once defined its public life, yet it has not entirely escaped the weight of history that continues to shape its choices. What is unfolding instead is a complex transition—away from protest-driven politics towards governance-centred decision-making—one that has brought both stability and unease in equal measure.
The Assam connection of the Mediterranean in antiquity - Cleopatra in a Muga stola?
Dec 14, 2025Muga is the silk unique to Assam. It is produced nowhere else, and it has a Geographical Identity (GI) mark nowadays, to signify authenticity. It is distinct from Chinese, or any other silk found anywhere else. Though it was earlier believed that silk cultivation arrived in the Brahmaputra valley in the 2nd century before Christ, newer evidence shows that silk was used even in the Indus valley civilization, 2000 years before Christ, and microscopic and biochemical analysis of fabric from the Indus valley civilization site of Chanhu-Daru (Sind, Pakistan) shows the presence of Antherea Assamensis, or Assam silk.
How did Kukis in Imphal Amass Thousands of Crores?
Dec 14, 2025If the recent claims circulating in social media sources are indeed accurate—that Kuki-owned properties in the Imphal alone were valued at an astonishing Rs. 4335 crore before the unfortunate Manipur violence—it paints an inspiring picture of extraordinary growth achieved by minority Kuki groups, who are listed in the Schedule Tribe categories of Manipur.
Was 1966 the "First Attack on Parliament"? Why Historical Precision Matters
Dec 14, 2025In periods of sharp political disagreement, history is often made to work overtime. It is pressed into arguments, stretched across analogies, and sometimes asked to confirm conclusions that were already decided. One such claim, now gaining circulation, is that the violent cow-slaughter agitation of November 1966 constituted the “first attack on the Indian Parliament.” It is a compelling phrase, the kind that sounds settled the moment it is spoken. Yet it rests on a serious confusion—one that collapses fundamentally different kinds of events into a single, misleading category.
The New Face of Consumerism in India: From Acquisition to Accountability
Dec 14, 2025Indian consumers are prioritising responsible and ethical buying, influencing brands to adopt sustainable practices. This shift marks a move towards quality and accountability in consumption across the country
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