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Naorem Mohen

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Naorem Mohen

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Naorem Mohen is a journalist, writer and Editor of Signpost News. He writes on Manipur and Northeast India, with a focus on governance, society, education, conflict, culture and regional affairs. He is the author of In the Lap of Koubru, which reflects his engagement with Manipur’s people, history, culture and identity during the turbulent years of 2023–2025, and My Japanese Niece, a historical novel exploring war, hidden identity, memory and human bonds between Manipur and Japan. Follow him on X at @laimacha.

Areas of coverage: Geo-politics, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Cryptocurrencies.

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Manipur University Begins Capacity-Building Programme on Ethnic Conflict, Land, Resources and Development.

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Manipur University Begins Capacity-Building Programme on Ethnic Conflict, Land, Resources and Development

A six-day Capacity-Building Programme on “Ethnic Conflict, Land, Resources and Development in North East India” commenced at Manipur University on Monday, bringing together academics, researchers and experts from diverse disciplines for sustained deliberations on conflict, identity, land, demographic change, governance, peace-building and sustainable development in the Northeast, with particular reference to Manipur.

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Why Manipur Can No Longer Avoid an NRC: The Government’s Own Records Make the Case

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Why Manipur Can No Longer Avoid an NRC: The Government’s Own Records Make the Case

The debate over a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Manipur is often framed as a political confrontation between communities. That framing misses the more fundamental issue. Manipur has a historical citizenship-documentation problem. Government of India records show that people crossed into Manipur from Burma decades ago, that the nationality of some of those migrants was difficult to establish, and that relief and rehabilitation proceeded even while questions over their precise status remained.

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Manipur Was Counted Before 1951 — So Where Is the Evidence of Mass Exclusion?

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Manipur Was Counted Before 1951 — So Where Is the Evidence of Mass Exclusion?

The claim that remoteness may have left substantial indigenous hill populations outside the 1951 Census deserves examination. But Manipur’s documentary history stretches well before 1951, while the 1948 election provides another important pre-cut-off record. If mass exclusion is the argument against 1951, the historical evidence of that exclusion should be produced.

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N. Biren Singh with Union Home Minister Amit Shah alongside a rain-soaked NRC-before-Census protest in Manipur, illustrating The Signpost View on another BJP delegation to Delhi.

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Another BJP Delegation — To Tell Delhi What?

N. Biren Singh has already met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and placed Manipur’s NRC and Census concerns before him, verbally and in writing.
Now another ruling BJP delegation is preparing for Delhi while students and civil society organisations demanding NRC before Census continue their protests in Imphal.

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