Narda Ningthouja
Imphal, Manipur
Found43articles of authorNarda Ningthouja
Posted on 19 Oct 2024
Not only Khongjom Lan, some elements are trying to incorporate the revolt of Sana Chahi Ahum or Prince Narendra as a part of 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. All along, Manipuris had been resisting such attempts at incorporation by mainland elements.
Posted on 12 Oct 2024
The move of village documentation is indeed a clever ploy to expose the Kuki elite.
Posted on 5 Oct 2024
When the retired general made the claims, we thought he must have had his reasons of saying so. But when a sitting general and serving Army Chief makes a claim which is beyond his purview and mandate it becomes stranger than fiction.
Posted on 28 Sept 2024
Discontent and lack of trust would remain the same unless there is a definitive change in Centre’s attitude towards the Manipur crisis and the way it is being handled by the political leadership in the state.
Posted on 21 Sept 2024
Extreme suffocation due to inhaling of teargas fumes leading to death is indeed a rare case. One could imagine the number of teargas canisters fired in that particular area where that particular pregnant woman was taking cover which led to her ultimate demise. There needs to be a judicial inquiry of the particular incident.
Posted on 14 Sept 2024
The Manipur government or the police think shutting down internet services would check the spread of unverified news or rumours among the general public and that is why it chose to close down internet in the valley districts and impose curfew. Banning internet services closed down all options of clearing up unverified news and rumours, while clamping of curfew restrictions have resulted in making life immobile and disturbing the daily routine of everyone.
Posted on 7 Sept 2024
A change of guard at the helm of affairs would not be a solution. A change of the whole set of MLAs, including the Opposition is necessary, which would only be possible by dissolving the present legislative Assembly.
Posted on 30 Aug 2024
In the wake of the present ethnic clashes in Manipur, the force of Assam Rifles was somehow drawn into the eye of the storm with the Kukis celebrating them as their protectors and the valley population accusing them of a bias against the Meiteis.
Posted on 24 Aug 2024
The necessity of adding ‘Zo’ began to be felt in either assertion of distinctive identities or for seeking a wider support base including their kith and kin in neighbouring Mizoram state.
Posted on 17 Aug 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not talk about the Manipur imbroglio in his August 15 Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort. Well, nobody here is talking about why Modi did not mention Manipur in his speech. Maybe, people have grown tired of asking why every now and then.
Posted on 3 Aug 2024
In the wake of the present ethnic clashes in Manipur, the force Assam Rifles was somehow drawn into the eye of the storm with the Kukis (later Kuki-Zo) celebrating them as their protectors and the valley population accusing them of a bias against the Meiteis. The credibility that they had built up over the decades were suddenly gone.
Posted on 27 Jul 2024
One wonders why does one need to extend invitations personally or otherwise to attend Assembly sessions. Even though the media, both local and national, have made a big story out of it there is no need for invitations. When a session of the Assembly is being called, there is no need for ‘invitations’ as it is a public notification while attendance is mandatory.
Posted on 19 Jul 2024
Off and on since the commencement of ethnic clashes in Manipur, the national highways particularly the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Jiribam roads continue to be under a sort of blockade, economic or otherwise.
Posted on 13 Jul 2024
While BJP Manipur (in-charge) Ajeet Gopchade is trying hard to calm ruffled feathers among the general populace, Chief Minister N Biren Singh is trying to justify Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence and denial of the Manipur situation, besides their failure to convince the PM.
Posted on 6 Jul 2024
Howsoever nonchalant the Prime Minister be, Inner Manipur MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam struck the right chord by invoking a comparison of Modi’s uncaring silence with the attitude of British colonialists then.
Posted on 29 Jun 2024
N Biren Singh is not Heingang constituency’s alone, he is the Chief Minister of the state and he is quite capable of taking criticism in his stride. Everyone sympathises with the distressing turn of events. It is just their luck that their representative happen to be the chief minister at such a crucial timing when this crisis have had to happen.
Posted on 22 Jun 2024
Maybe, it is because of the level of submissiveness that central leaders are ignoring Manipur and postponing a solution without considering the gravity of the situation.
Posted on 15 Jun 2024
Both Security Advisor Kuldiep Singh and DGP Rajiv Singh are IPS officers deputed by the Union Home Ministry after the May 3, 2023 violence. Poor chaps, they seem to be in utter confusion as to whether they were deputed to clean up the mess and act or to merely observe and report.
Posted on 7 Jun 2024
Despite protestations from within the party fold, O Ibobi banked on Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and the gamble paid off.
Posted on 31 May 2024
When the river is flowing to its full capacity and with a strong current, it is bound to strike at the weak spots in the riverbank and the nest burrows of the rats certainly plays the spoiler. And the rat nest burrows do play a role in breaching the riverbanks, besides several other factors.
