Narda Ningthouja

Narda Ningthouja

Imphal, Manipur

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Opinion

The silent protest

Posted on 9 Nov 2024

Except for some rumblings and discordant voices, none of BJP MLAs have actually come forward to voice their grievances vis-à-vis the present Manipur situation in public.

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Opinion

Finding Meitei Sareng

Posted on 2 Nov 2024

Meitei Sareng breeds and flourishes mostly in our riverine systems. It is carnivorous and predatory. Stocking them in the pond with other fish varieties is not advisable.

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Opinion

Neither here nor there

Posted on 26 Oct 2024

The demand for termination of SoO with Kuki militants and of a broad-based plan or process for bringing back normalcy in the state is simply absent. Although the SoO agreement with the Kuki groups lapsed on February 29, it is still considered to be in operation as the central government has done nothing to close down the SoO designated camps.

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Opinion

A rebellion gone wrong

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.

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Opinion

Never say die

Posted on 12 Oct 2024

The move of village documentation is indeed a clever ploy to expose the Kuki elite.

Opinion

Stranger than fiction

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.

Opinion

Reasons best not explained

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.

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Opinion

Killer ‘fumes’

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.

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Opinion

Rumour has a life

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.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh
Opinion

The ‘lonely’ patriot

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.

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Opinion

Why not CRPF or BSF?

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.

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Opinion

The ‘Kuki’ hegemony

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.

Opinion

An absent leader

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.

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Opinion

Loving Assam Rifles

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.

Manipur Legislative Assembly (PHOTO: IFP)
Opinion

The farce about invitations

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.

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Opinion

The ‘good’ old days

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.

Opinion

Talking in riddles

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.

Opinion

Owner’s pride, neighbour’s envy

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.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh (PHOTO: Facebook)
Opinion

The great escape

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.

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Opinion

Servility: The name of the game

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.

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