By M.C. Linthoingambee This week I would like to take up the issue of the Iron Lady, someone for whom every person in the North-East knows about. Irom Chanu Sharmila is a social activist from the State of Manipur who is currently undergoing a hunger strike since November 2000 demanding for the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 to cease… Read more →
By Amar Yumnam Violence has become increasingly ingrained into the daily happenings of Manipur and with no visible social response in sight to address the malady. Manorama happened in the hands of the Indian army and there was collective social response which shook the psyche of the nation. But after that we are not experiencing an improvement in the quality… Read more →
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam Violence is expected in a conflict zone or area like Manipur. As a state wherein there has been armed confrontation between the security forces that defend the Indian Republic and the rebel groups that seek, or as some of them would insist, ‘defending’, Manipur’s sovereignty, violence is bound to be a part of its life and… Read more →
Reasons to mark the 55th birthday of AFSPA Everybody have their own date of birth and meaning to celebrate the special day with mirth and gaiety. Likewise, the infamous Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 turned 55 years in the Manipur soil on 18th of August 2012; and it is time for all the people affected by the “draconian act”… Read more →
By Lt. Col. Laishram Lokendra Singh (Retd) That there was a Kingdom of Manipur is a historical fact. That the said Kingdom came under the British suzerainty in 1894 is also a historical fact. That this kingdom with its territorial geographical boundary well defined as it exists today became an independent country for howsoever short a period of time it… Read more →
Bota, Sayyora and Qahramon were the students of the School of International Studies (SIS), JNU. They belong to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. We have kept in touch through the social networking sites till today. Bota is beautiful and decent, Sayyora is hard-working and Qahramon is witty and humorous. This is how Qahramon’s facebook profile reads “A very kind, flexible, merciful, easy… Read more →
By Jinine Laishramcha The Impact Assessment Report of Ogoniland, Nigeria by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2011 revealed the tragic history of the pollution and its sever hazardous impact to human being and environment caused by the oil spill and oil well fires. The Ogoniland community is exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons in outdoor air and drinking water, sometimes at… Read more →