Defaming NGT to US and UN Over Unauthorized Ring Road
The Kuki Alliance for Nampi Awakening Movement (KANAM), a vocal Kuki-Zo advocacy group in Manipur, has escalated its campaign against India’s institutions with a…
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What Happened to Richard Loitam, Nido Taniam and Pravish Chanam Cases?
The brutal murder of 24-year-old Angel Chakma in Dehradun in December 2025 has once again thrust the spotlight on the enduring racism faced by…
Forgotten Kuki IDPs in Manipur
While both Meitei and Kuki have suffered immensely, the focus here is on the Kuki IDPs, whose daily struggles in relief camps have been…
The Rs 2 Photocopy That Cost India Rs 1 Lakh Crore Is Finally Dead
Let me tell you a secret that every cybercop in this country already knows but rarely says out loud: For the last ten years,…
Saluting the Four Brave Kuki MLAs
For the first time since the violence erupted in May 2023, legislators from the Meitei and Kuki communities sat together under one roof, discussing…
Duty to Rehabilitate IDPs in Waroiching Does Not End with a Flag-off Ceremony
The photographs from Bishnupur last week were beautiful: 257 men, women and children belonging to 64 families boarding vehicles at Leimaram High School Relief…
When ₹2,500 Becomes ₹7,500, The Slow Death of UDAN
l am a Manipuri who grew up believing that the sky belonged only to the rich and the powerful. Then, in October 2017, UDAN…
Selective Grief, Strategic Silence
The incumbent BJP Manipur State President, A Sharda Devi, is a woman who knows exactly when to speak and when to stay quiet. The…
When a Passport Becomes a Border Dispute
The moment Pema Wangjom Thongdok’s passport slid across the counter at Shanghai Pudong on 21 November 2025, a century-old border dispute left the mountains…
Bye-Bye Manipur? Farwell Accepted for Peace
Ah yes, nothing says “happy harvest festival” quite like a room full of people waving goodbye to the very state they’ve been living in…
Sign Now – Or Be Damned Tomorrow
The ten Kuki MLAs are gambling with their lives and their political futures while the house burns around them. UKNA, an armed group, has…
One Year On, Justice Remains Partial
One year ago today, on November 11, 2024, six Meitei civilians—three women and three children, including two infants, one aged eight months—were abducted from…