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Beyond Ethnic Conflict: The Political Economy of Manipur’s Narco-Frontier
The violence that erupted in Manipur in May 2023 has primarily been explained as an ethnic confrontation between the valley-based Meitei community and the hill-based Kuki-Zo community. Debate has focused on issues such as Scheduled Tribe status, land rights, constitutional protections and the long-standing hill-valley divide. Although these factors are undeniably important, reducing the crisis…
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Looking past the fence on the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya
The current border between India and Bangladesh did not exist during the colonial period. At midnight on 14th August 1947, an invisible dotted line divided people’s homes, farms, and rivers, leaving people confused about their identities and nationalities. The 1947 partition deeply affected the lives of border residents and influenced the relationship with the neighbouring…
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An Overview of Anti-Dam Movements in India – Case Study of Arunachal Pradesh
Introduction The development strategies of nations are primarily formulated and rooted in Western concepts of modernization. It is believed that projects are leading to development on a significant level. Nevertheless, massive dam developments serve as a steadfast representation of growth. Certain countries around the globe are making significant investments in building dams, primarily aiming to…
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The ‘Northeast’ and the Indian OTT: What lies beneath Representation?
There has been considerable appreciation and celebration not just in mainstream liberal sections of media and critics, but also among audiences from the northeast who were able to see themselves, their idioms, their ways of being, on a couple of Indian popular web series lately. The appreciations converge on the fact that the series portray…
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When Allies Fight: The Tipra Motha, BJP, and the Social Reality of Tripura.
On 20th November, reports of violent clashes between members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Tipra Mota Party (TMP) and arson came from Tripura. More specifically, from Khumulung town, which also serves as the headquarters of the Tripura Tribal Autonomous District Council (TTADC). It is only the recent incident in what has been…
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Ladakh at Crossroads: Arguments and Counterarguments
The images of violence on the 24th of September 2025 showing protestors torching the local BJP office and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh complex and the response by the security forces who fired which led to the unfortunate demise of four individuals shocked the local populace and the national conscience alike, as…
