(1) THERE IS RIGHT now a glamour amongst the Meitei people to be Scheduled Tribe ostensibly for jobs in government and seats in higher educational institutes of learning. But the veil that had hidden the agenda is now open for the people to see. The real agenda is to...
FROM THE feedbacks received an impression appears to be created that Ngaranmi Shimray is opposing the Scheduled Tribe (ST) demand for the Meitei community. This is incorrect. No one is opposing the demand of the Meitei community to become a tribe and also to be given the status of...
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...
(This message was sent by Sagolsem Biramani to the forum of the European Manipuri Association on the 9th May 2023).
Respected EMA Members,Last night I was pondering upon the situation back home and to be honest I couldn’t sleep for hours thinking about the tragedies that thousands of innocent people are going...
I QUOTE a section of the Article to contextualise my opinion of the matter - “However, the narrative of the crisis is only focused on the Meiteis. Why are the rest of the non-Meiteis not taking a strong stance to end this crisis? Is the war meant for a...
The term “Kacha Nagas,” originally coined by Western anthropologists during ethnographic and linguistic fieldwork in the then-Northeast Frontier, especially among the many Naga Hills people groups, seems to have re-emerged, albeit limited to social media.
This outdated term, primarily used for classifying people into tribes or sub-tribes, also appeared in...
The Orchidaceae is one of the largest and highly evolved families of angiosperms on earth, consisting of nearly 25,000 species with more than 850 genera. Due to their range of diversity in shape, size and colour of flowers and leaves, characterized by distinct floral morphology, pollination mechanism, association with...
THE JURISDICTION of Churachandpur District Headquarters is classified as a town devoid of municipality. The roles, functions, responsibilities and powers in the town management are all vested in the Autonomous District Council, Churachandpur (ADCC). The current Chairman of ADCC is Shri Khaipao Haokip.
Lamka is the headquarters of Churachandpur district....
Compulsive Reasons for enlisting as ST:
a. After integration of Manipur into India in October 1949, various laws framed by the Government of India have reserved the Hill Areas of Manipur (92%) exclusively for Scheduled Tribes (ST). Meetei, because of being not ST, have been restricted to live only in...
In recent months, Nagaland has emerged as a hotspot for international investment, with the Japanese government and the World Bank leading the charge. This surge of interest can be traced back to Nagaland's vast forests, which offer immense potential in the carbon credit market. A viral Twitter thread has...