Intriguing and fascinating as it may, a Hindu based online magazine, Sanskriti magazine, had published an article titled, ‘North-East Tribals and their connection to Ancient India’ where the magazine made tall claims about the indigenous tribals of the North East belief that they are an integral part of Mahabharata and Ramayana and...
Here is the full speech of Dr. Visier Sanyü delivered at the 74th Commemoration of the Naga Independence Day in the webinar organized by the Global Naga Forum on August 14, 2020.
Dr. Visier Sanyü
Before the British came and defeated the western Naga tribes and made them a part of their...
Here is the full speech of Prof Paul Pimomo delivered at the 74th Commemoration of the Naga Independence Day in the webinar organized by the Global Naga Forum on August 14, 2020.
Prof Paul Pimomo
(To save time, I will focus my remarks on the three keywords of the topic I...
As the country enters the 5th month of lockdown, online learning has become the new normal for the schools and students across the country. While many urban students have ease of online classes at the comfort of their home with 4G/fiber internet connections, many students in the rural Northeast...
Mining companies has been involved in surveys and plans to extract the various minerals, primarily Chromite and limestone from Eastern section of Manipur bordering Myanmar in Ukhrul, Kamjong, Tengnoupal and Chandel Districts. The Government of Manipur developed the Industrial and Investment Policy of Manipur, 2013 to facilitate extractive industries...
Opening Remark by Gam A. Shimray at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN Webinar Series
Indigenous Peoples and voluntary isolation: when forests food systems become a stronghold against COVID 19
My deepest respect and thanks to:
Thanawat Tiensin, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the UN agencies in Rome and...
“Oksha di nang thongo. Eromba di ei shemke” (You cook pork. I will prepare eromba). Or “Hoksa ina hangkei. Eromba nana semlu” (I will cook pork. You prepare eromba). This could be any random conversation between two friends; a Meitei and a Tangkhul Naga friend getting themselves ready for...
LUIRIM traditional dresses are emblem of allegiance, marking the person out as belonging to a discrete cultural unit and often indicate a person’s standing within the community. Clothing are far more than mere protection. Its designs and functional values conveys, communicate, identify the individual and community, signaling tribal affiliation;...
As I browsed through the morning News and checked my Facebook & WhatsApp messages to update the development on this global pandemic ~ COVID 19 and its repercussion thereof, I am crestfallen ~ not because this virus is unbeatable but how we humans (in this case Tangkhulnao) are responding...
For mountain dwellers, mankind and land is an association that has borne survival and kinship among generations for as long as one can remember. In the story of evolving from being the descendants of ‘hunters and gatherers’ to ‘settled farmers’ our very marker of existence has revolved around the...