Manipur

Tens of thousands of indigenous Manipuris, predominantly Meitei civilians from districts such as Churachandpur, Moreh, Torbung, Ekou and adjoining areas have been violently uprooted from their homes and livelihoods and forced into prolonged internal displacement within their own state since 3rd May, 2023. What began as sudden, coordinated attacks rapidly transformed into one of India’s …

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A fresh gunfight in Manipur’s volatile hill districts has underscored how disputes over land, governance and armed authority are converging into a dangerous flashpoint. The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), an armed group representing Zeliangrong interests, has claimed responsibility for a military operation targeting what it described as Kuki underground camps near Kharam Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi …

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When environmental law finally caught up with an illegal road carved through protected forests in Manipur, the response from its patrons was not compliance — but diplomacy. Or, more precisely, performative minority diplomacy. A self-described Kuki Civil Society Organisation (CSO), The Kuki Alliance for Nampi Awakening Movement (KANAM) has written directly to the United States Embassy in New Delhi, …

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There is a particular kind of suffering that neither roars nor erupts, that makes no demands and seeks no spectacle. It simply endures. It settles into the bones of a people, day after day, until endurance itself becomes a sentence. That is the life forced upon the people of Manipur today — a population trapped …

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N J Thakuria, Guwahati: Amid continued concerns over the fragile situation in Manipur, Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sunil Ambekar voiced cautious optimism about the Myanmar bordering state’s journey towards peace and normalcy restoration. Addressing the media persons at the backdrop of Akhil Bharatiya Prant Pracharak Baithak in New Delhi, Ambekar …

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© Dakshina Murthy The recently-released book on Manipur titled The Manipur Conundrum – History. Exodus. Conversion. – is the result of tiring efforts by three Bharatiya authors – Manoshi Sinha, historian and author of the bestseller Saffron Swords series, writer and commentator on North-East affairs Dr. Ankita Dutta, and social activist Vladimir Adityanath. In the …

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© Vladimir Adityanath The Meiteis are the indigenous sons and daughters of the soil and have shaped the culture, customs, traditions and civilisational values of Manipur for at least 3000 years (5000 years according to many historians and researchers). They are the last remaining Hindus of our far-East. The Meiteis and Bishnupriya Manipuris face a …

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© Hindu Voice Team                 Yaoshang (or Holi) is one of the major festivals of Manipur, celebrated by the Meiteis and Bishnupriya Manipuris. The spring festival begins on Phalgun Purnima or the first-full moon day of the lamda month. A ceremonial thatched hut is erected in all the localities on the morning of Phalgun Purnima. …

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Manipur CM N Biren Singh on Friday expressed concerns over the state’s vulnerability to illegal infiltration from Myanmar through its eastern border and a possibility of infiltration from Bangladesh through Assam.  Addressing the issue, Singh emphasised the need for vigilance among the people of indigenous communities to stop the illegal infiltration from both the countries. …

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Hindu Voice Desk: মনিপুরের বিস্তীর্ণ এলাকায় কুকি জঙ্গিদের যেন অরাজকতা চলছে। এবার শ্রমিক হিসেবে কাজ করতে যাওয়া পশ্চিমবঙ্গের এক যুবককে অপহরণ করল সন্দেহভাজন কুকি জঙ্গিরা। শুধু তাই নয় ফোন করে ১৫ লাখ টাকা মুক্তিপণ দাবি করা হয়েছে কুকি জঙ্গিদের তরফে। দাবি মত মুক্তিপণ না দিলে ফল ভালো হবে না বলেও হুমকি দেওয়া হয়েছে জঙ্গিদের তরফে।  …

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