RK Nimai
The author is a former bureaucrat, Imphal, Manipur
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Posted on 24 Jul 2024
The demand for Zalengam nation may become more forceful with most of the Chin State now under the control of the rebels and the conflict in Bangladesh with sympathy from the cognate tribes on the Indian side.
Posted on 17 Jul 2024
Unlike in Jammu & Kashmir where any attack was countered by large scale combing operation involving all forces available on the ground to flush out the militants, in Jiribam or elsewhere in Manipur it was not so.
Posted on 10 Jul 2024
The rich and those who are getting salaries from the government can always manage as their salaries are paid, though there are delays in disbursement but those who earn their livelihood either through small businesses or industrial units and in private sectors are finding it difficult to sustain themselves.
Posted on 4 Jul 2024
Inner Manipur MP Akoijam Bimol Angomcha delivered his maiden speech in the Parliament with the right dose of emotions and his focussing on the 60,000 odd people staying in the relief camps brought in the sympathy from anyone who heard his speech.
Posted on 27 Jun 2024
The cabinet sub-committee had interacted with the IDPs but unfortunately the data available with the government at the most is sketchy, though the numbers of IDPs in relief camps and temporary shelters are available. Field workers need to be trained to collect usable data which has to be analysed and areas identified for providing skill training or up-skilling in those trades they have been familiar with.
Posted on 13 Jun 2024
In other parts of the vulnerable areas, reinforcement can be reached in an hour or two but not at Jiribam. Perhaps the state security apparatus was lulled by the sense of relative calm that prevails in the district without understanding the implication.
Posted on 29 May 2024
Why the GoI took so long to initiate measures to bring back normalcy in Manipur needs an analysis as even though the conflict is between two communities, the impact is felt by all.
Posted on 22 May 2024
Narratives and counter narratives will be the new norm in the present Manipur crisis and the readers will have to decide which to trust.
Posted on 7 May 2024
With thousands in relief camps away from their homes most of which were destroyed and even bulldozed, can it be said that the situation now in Manipur is free from disturbance? Merely a lull in the firing cannot be termed as returning of peace as this can be broken anytime.
Posted on 1 May 2024
Manipur due to its own problems cannot see beyond its nose and is not interested in the national scenario to its own peril.
Posted on 24 Apr 2024
On the first anniversary of the Manipur crisis, we must pay our respect to those who have departed untimely, seek the bodies of those missing and resolve to continue support to those displaced so that they can return to their homestead.
Posted on 17 Apr 2024
Manipur does not figure in the BJP’s manifesto which is called “Modi ka Guarantee” making the whole election tamasha a personal agenda, confirmed by his 51 pictures in 71 pages.
Posted on 19 Mar 2024
The election to the Lok Sabha has brought out some demands to postpone the election in Manipur as the situation is abnormal and there can be no free and fair election. On the other hand, differences have cropped up within the Kuki community with the UKLF stating that they will support the BJP candidate in the election on the ground that it was the BJP which initiated talks.
Posted on 12 Mar 2024
The situation in Manipur is ripe to usher in responsible voting so that the best candidate is elected. If there is no good candidate, NOTA is always there. In fact there must be a law that if NOTA garners maximum votes, no candidate be declared as elected.
Posted on 13 Feb 2024
Manipur has become a very emotional state where the subjects feels that emotion can move the earth which unfortunately is not true and what is required is cool thinking to understand the problem and try to solve it.
Posted on 6 Feb 2024
The problem with the Manipur crisis is that for any act there is different meaning to either side but the worst is the identification of the state government with the Meitei. The government should be seen as neutral and any misunderstanding allowed to be thrashed out by the communities, with the government not as a party but as an umpire.
Posted on 31 Jan 2024
The sudden announcement of scrapping the FMR and the erection of border fencing had focussed on the FMR and whatever changes in the FMR whether it continues or scrapped will have no impact on the movement of border inhabitants.
Posted on 6 Dec 2023
The Manipur conflict is the first priority and without bringing normalcy, there is likely to be clash between the political parties and the public, especially those who are displaced and those who are involved in the conflict.
Posted on 22 Nov 2023
Efforts must be made to control the conflict in Manipur as it can breed anti-national activities even among those which had all along assisted the security agencies.
Posted on 14 Nov 2023
It is not necessarily the candidate with the most followings among the MLAs of the majority party who will automatically become the leader of the House but the one chosen by the high command.
