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Reorganisation Of District Boundaries In Manipur: Issues And Perspectives

Newspaper Opinion

By Thongkholal Haokip Hueiyen Lanpao, September 17, 2011 A month after intense Sadar Hills agitation spearheaded by the Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC) since August 1, 2011 demanding upgradation of the Sadar Hills area of Senapati district into a full-fledged district, the indecisive cabinet of the Secular Progressive Front (SPF) government of the Manipur under Okram Ibobi Singh institute a […]

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A fraught question in Manipur

Newspaper Opinion

The power of eminent domain is not absolute as several extant laws limit the same to protect tribal land and forest. By Thongkholal Haokip The Statesman, 26 July 2021. N Biren Singh, chief minister of Manipur, recently said that “all lands belong to the state”. He was speaking during a week-long observance of “Van Mahotsav” or the forest festival where […]

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Of power and its extents

Newspaper Opinion

Despite decades-long ceasefire agreements between insurgent groups and the Indian State in the North-east, ‘extra-judicial killings’ continue unabated By Thongkholal Haokip The Statesman, 14 June 2021 Article 21 of the Indian Constitution affirms that “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law”. The protection of life is the most important […]

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Questioning Exclusivity of Mt. Koubru

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Debates and conflicts are raging over attempts to declare the sacred mountain in Manipur as a ‘protected site’ By Thongkholal Haokip The Statesman, 3 May 2021. The politics of forest reservation, protected forests and wildlife sanctuaries is nothing new, ever since the Indian Forest Act of 1878 was passed. The declaration of certain areas as “reserved” or “protected” forests and […]

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Artificial intelligence & endangered languages

Newspaper Opinion

The widespread proliferation of virtual digital assistants, which use voice recognition, could increase language endangerment, especially for people from the North-east By Thongkholal Haokip The Statesman, 19 April 2021 Artificial intelligence is changing the world rapidly and has impacted our life and imagination. Big tech companies are increasing their funding on research for the advancement of AI and the integration […]

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Nipping opium in the bud

Newspaper Opinion

A carrot and stick policy should be adopted to end illicit poppy cultivation in the hills of Manipur and ensure equitable rural development By Thongkholal Haokip The Statesman, 15 March 2021 In the last couple of months, the Narcotics and Affairs of Border wing of Manipur Police, assisted by the Manipur Rifles, was strenuously engaged in destroying illicit poppy cultivation […]

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Everyday Racism

Newspaper Opinion

By Thongkholal Haokip The Statesman, 4 January 2021, p. 11. Intentionally presumptuous racism permeates the lives of North-easterners in metropolitan cities of India, which the new anti-racism bill also fails to take note of. Incidents of racism against Indians from the North-east are not new, especially during the last two decades in mainland metropolitan cities of India. The opening of […]

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Kukite Khochen le Kivaipoh

Vernacular

By Thongkholal Haokip L. Salemphai (Wakan) Baptist Church Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 2019 India sah solam gamkai a cheng ho lah a haosa a kivaipo thinglhangmi ho lah a haosa hereditary hi a chejom jing chu Kukite hi hettheipen khat ahi. Masang chun isopiu Lushei ho jong eiho bang in ana kivaipo un, ahin Mizo gal lai chun ana subei taovin […]

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Anachronistic ‘war on drugs’

Newspaper Opinion

The cultivation of poppy in the hills of Manipur should be taken as a crisis of agriculture THONGKHOLAL HAOKIP The Statesman, 30 November 2020. In 2018, a year after he came to power, the N Biren Singh government launched a “war on drugs” to curb trafficking, illicit crop cultivation and consumption. The Narcotics and Affairs of Border department of Manipur […]

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