Described by everyone who knew him as the most soft-spoken and yet the most passionate person on issues dear to him, Dr Vareso Ningshen, aside from being an educator, contributed his strength and intellect to a variety of social and political causes.
On May 26, 2021, just a mere 57...
Majority of the Naga’s population may know AFSPA but not in detail. To begin with, this is a law that has not solved any problem from its inception till today. It is a law which people hates but dearly used by the Government of India probably with hidden agenda. Therefore, every Naga needs to know about AFSPA, the reason of its...
Chandel district (formerly known as Tengnoupal district) came into existence on May 13, 1974. The district lies in the south-eastern part of Manipur. It is about 64 km away from Imphal. According to the 2011 census, Chandel district has a population of 144,182 with a literacy rate of 70.85%...
In the anticipation that full-fledged statehood will be accorded to Manipur on 21st January, 1972, the Parliament passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971 extending a Constitutional protection for the Scheduled tribes of the Hill Areas. The protection it accords has been in consonant with the protection already accorded...
INTRODUCTION
In the dehumanising colonial doctrine of “terra nullius”, the ruling dispensation seems to have found a new sadistic pleasure for aggressive “territorial imagination” by asserting that the “Hill Areas” of Manipur are a “No man’s land”.
“Land”, however, is sacred to the tribals. In the traditional belief system of their...
INTRODUCTION
Unlike the then premier of Assam, Gopinath Bordoloi, who “was known to be very kind and sympathetic to the hill people, had been respected by the hill tribe”, Shri N. Biren Singh reminds of Shri Kuladhar Chaliha of Assam who once gained his notoriety amongst the hill tribals for...
Two reasons encouraged me to write this short piece. The first is the listing of Tangkhul language in the vulnerable category by UNESCO; and the second is the affirmation to write in Tangkhul when I was writing “foreword” for a forthcoming Tangkhul book by Phayam Raleng. The first helped...
Small and a hilly land-locked country it may be, Nagalim is blessed with rich natural and mineral resources. It is a fertile land. Apart from perpetual flow of rivers and streams, we have another source of water supply from regular rainfall. There is no dearth of water and no...
The land is at the heart of indigenous peoples’ lifeworld, which sustains their culture, custom, religion, livelihood, knowledge system. Indigenous peoples see land as a living entity nourishing their well-being and lifeworld. Forest produces and crops drawn from the lands are reciprocated with rituals by paying obeisance and food....
My initial concern in writing this article was to draw out some key challenges facing school/college education in the Northeast region in the post-covid period. I began writing with a simplistic notion or one-sided view of challenges faced by school/college students. However, upon further research and interaction with different...