Ninglun Hanghal
Talking about tradition, one would automatically link it with the tribal society, where traditions and customs are ingredients in their life and livelihood. Jhum or shifting cultivation was one such practice that became the way of life and traditions of the tribal people. Read the rest of this entry »
By David Buhril
Tipaimukh, the frontier without medicines and doctors, silently negotiates an epidemic that has already tolled more than 50 lives, mostly infants. Burdened with the threat of famine after the bamboo flowering, the hungry constituency walks death straits, while the Manipur Government is still sleeping. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jiten Yumnam
Tipaimukh Dam Public Hearings from 2004 till 2008
The month of March 2008 events two public hearings for proposed Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project, one at Tipaimukh dam site, Churachandpur District on 31 March 2008 and another at Keimai village, Tamenglong District, Manipur on 26th March 2008, both organized by the Manipur Pollution Control Board. Read the rest of this entry »
Ramananda Wangkheirakpam and Smitu Kothari, November 05, 2007
India’s Look East Policy (ILEP) was launched in the early 1990s as an economic and security-oriented foreign policy initiative linking India and East Asia. Fifteen years later, the External Affairs Ministry brought the policy to the North-east for the first time in a consultation that took place in Shillong in June 2007, with the second one held soon thereafter in Guwahati. The latest round in the series took place on October 31 in the form of a meeting of the Chief Ministers of the North-east in New Delhi. Read the rest of this entry »
Lalremlien Neitham, September 25, 2007
A four-day “Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank Group in India” held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi on 21-24 September, 2007 was attended by over 600 activists, students, academicians, policy analysts, lawyers and projects-affected communities across India who presented indicting evidence against the Bank in over 26 sectors. Read the rest of this entry »
