Northeast India has an incredible love of music. Check out Serpents of Pakhangba, a band from Manipur that combines theater, metal and Meitei folk music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_2HruY0MO0
Northeast India has an incredible love of music. Check out Serpents of Pakhangba, a band from Manipur that combines theater, metal and Meitei folk music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_2HruY0MO0
Full Text | 'Can Modi Be Pragmatic in Terms of Ideology?': Christophe Jaffrelot to Karan Thapar
'Will Modi treat the institutions of the Indian Republic and the media differently? Will these institutions change their attitude?'
#interview #ChristopheJaffrelot #NarendraModi #BJP #caste #hindutva #RSS #polarisation #manipur #ManipurUnrest #gujarat #reservations #dalits #mandal #india
https://thewire.in/politics/christophe-jaffrelot-karan-thapar-full-text
One Year on, the BJP Is Feeling the Impact of the Manipur Crisis
The state and Union governments' apathy in Manipur during the last year led to poll losses for the BJP in the Northeast.
#manipur #LokSabhaElection2024 #ManipurUnrest #BJP #NDA #meiteis #KukiZos #india
https://thewire.in/politics/one-year-on-the-bjp-is-feeling-the-impact-of-the-manipur-crisis
Mohan Bhagwat: ‘True sevak is never arrogant… in polls, decorum was not kept’
RSS chief says need to address Manipur on priority. "Manipur is still burning. Who is going to pay attention to it?"
#LokSabhaElection2024 #RSS #MohanBhagwat #communalism #ManipurUnrest #manipur #hindutva #india
Manipur: Congress leading in both seats.
Interview: “In my 34-year career as journalist, I have never felt as anxious as I do today,” says Samar Halarnkar
In an interview with Maktoob’s Gafira Qadir, Samar Halarnkar, founder of the independent media house Article-14, talks about the tough situation journalists are in, facing threats and new laws that limit their freedom. He also talks about how hard it is to report on the government in a critical way.
#PressFreedom #media #journalism #censorship #DraconianLaws #BJP #UnionGovt #UAPA #PMLA #kashmir #manipur #UttarPradesh #islamophobia #hindutva #authoritarianism #india
No rice for poor under PM scheme in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told
Government officials and transport contractors have paralysed the monthly rice distribution system under PMGKAY, says a people’s rights group.
#manipur #BirenSingh #PMGKAY #MPRFM #GovtSchemes #food #WelfareSchemes #poverty #BJPStates #india
Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir
The current ECs are twisting the knife in the deeply wounded electoral process. They have taken a weak, inadequate system and murdered its soul. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan writes.
#LokSabhaElection #ElectionCommission #ECI #VotersList #aadhaar #EVMs #ModelCodeOfConduct #ElectionCommissioners #manipur #india
NIA Chargesheet in a Manipur Case Finds Link Between Weapons Looted and Violence Against Kukis
The NIA chargesheet, seen by ‘The Wire’, has said that persons it has arrested, belonging to the Meitei community, attended “weapons training camps” organised by cadres of a proscribed Meitei insurgent group.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #ManipurArmsLoot #NIA #meiteis #kukis #EthnicCleansing #BJPStates #india
https://thewire.in/government/nia-manipur-looted-weapons-violence-against-kukis
A Year After Manipur Violence, Youngsters Take up Arms to Protect Villages
These youngsters, mainly in their late 20s and early 30s, operate under names like "Village Volunteers" and "Village Defence Force," independently from official security forces, news agency PTI reported.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #kukis #ManipurViolence #BJPStates #india
Bullets And Beats: How A Radical Militant Group Wooed Manipuri Youth
As internet returned to Manipur, the Arambai Tenggol was quick to use social media to spread its influence, and radicalise young Meiteis.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #ArambaiTenggol #meiteis #kukis #SocialMedia #BJPStates #LokSabhaElection2024 #india
All India voter turn out at 60% till 5 p.m.
Samajwadi Party candidate Harendra Singh Malik alleged booth capturing in a village in Muzaffarnagar district; Clashes reported in Thamnapokpi in Bishnupur district among miscreants, at least three persons injured.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #manipur #UttarPradesh #WestBengal #chhattisgarh #TamilNadu #assam #elections2024 #india
Why the BJP cannot be written off in Manipur despite the anger at its failure to end ethnic violence
In Inner Manipur, the party’s organisational strength gives it an edge whereas its ally, NPF, stands a good chance in Outer Manipur.
#manipur #elections2024 #BJP #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #kukis #EthnicCleansing #BJPStates #india
Behind India’s Manipur conflict: A tale of drugs, armed groups and politics
The drug trade has played a significant role in the political landscape as well as in heightening the conflict in Manipur.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #meiteis #KukiZos #DrugTrade #BJPStates #india
Manipur police register ‘Zero FIRs’ over killings of two Kuki-Zo men
Complaints accused members of Arambai Tenggol for the attacks on the village volunteers.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #ManipurPolice #ArambaiTenggol #KukiZos #EthnicCleansing #BJPStates #india
Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence
It also points to the role of armed groups from the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities in the prolonged violence in northeastern India.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #AssamRifles #BirenSingh #BJP #meiteis #KukiZos #EthnicCleansing #MeiteiLeepun #ArambaiTenggol #RSS #hindutva #BJPStates #india
Fresh flare-up of violence hits Manipur ahead of Amit Shah’s visit; 2 killed
Violence escalated in Manipur today, with heavy cross-firing reported at the tri-junction of Imphal East, Kangpokpi, and Ukhrul districts, particularly at Moirangpurel in Imphal East and Kangpokpi since 8 in the morning.
What it means to survive a war, with dignity
Women leaders of the Kuki-Zo community reflect on the hardships of a state supported war, and how they are rebuilding lives while negotiating denial of agency and leadership.
#manipur #ManipurUnrest #KukiZos #EthnicCleansing #kukis #meiteis #BJPStates #india
https://no-niin.com/issue-23/what-it-means-to-survive-a-war-with-dignity/
No future elections in India if PM Modi re-elected: Economist Parakala Prabhakar
A situation like Ladakh and Manipur will arise in the entire country, Parakala Prabhakar said.
#ParakalaPrabhakar #NarendraModi #BJP #ladakh #manipur #ManipurUnrest #hindutva #communalism #democracy #elections #elections2024 #india