Both the chairman of the Hill Areas Committee and the MP from Outer Manipur are constitutionally elected Nagas. They are not outsiders; they are our own. That is why their voice is crucial, their silence is more painful, and their responsibility to do much more is non‑negotiable.
Like in most countries around the world, water bodies in Manipur – lake, marshes, rivers, paddies and ponds – are more or less dominated by introduced fish species such as Asian carps, some of which have since become invasive by nature.
Michael Meiphami Shaiza writes about Naga existential threat, the Manipur catastrophic crisis, and the urgent imperative of NRC, census and constitutional justice.
The Nepal disaster is a potential recipe for neighboring country Bhutan, another of the Himalayan nation state perched precariously amongst fragile mountain landscape that is fast deteriorating from climate change impacts, in particular receding glaciers and increasingly evident glacial lake formation.
Local residents, who have expressed deep distrust of the AR troops and oppose the new stationing, blocked the route by erecting barricades and burning tires.
Across the globe, there are many emerging stories of women leading ground-rooted activities in watershed conservation, forest regeneration, mangrove restoration and protection of grasslands and the wildlife.
Champu Khangpok is a uniquely placed hamlet within Loktak Lake and recognized by the Bishnupur District Administration as a Census Village within Thanga Part-I Gram Panchayat under Moirang Subdivision of Bishnupur District.