Author

Pradip Phanjoubam

Endemic boundary disputes in the Northeast

Modern cartographic exercises are not always congruent with the notions of territory of indigenous communities living in these areas.

02 May 2022

Decoding the election results of Manipur

While the generalisation of the five poll results are understandable, one should realise that each were fought and won on different issues and using varied strategies.

01 Apr 2022

How BJP’s moves in Manipur have boomeranged

The ruling party was the last to release its manifesto and list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. What led to this?

26 Feb 2022

Statehood in the Northeast and Manipur's path

Could Manipur’s statehood history have taken a different trajectory? Would its protest culture be any different had it been given full statehood with honour in 1949 itself?

27 Jan 2022

Extension of AFSPA and War in Peacetime

It needs to be clarified that AFSPA and the Army are not synonymous. Therefore the general revulsion for this Act in the Northeast is not tantamount to an equal dislike for the Army.

06 Jan 2022

Nagaland ambush reopens old AFSPA wound in Northeast

The AFSPA gives sweeping powers to Central armed forces in areas where the Act is promulgated and protects them from persecution in courts and the danger from this is obvious.

10 Dec 2021

Andaman Islands will forever have a piece of Manipur

Despite scepticism that the renaming could have been done for political gains, there is hope that the peripheries of India may now have a way out of history’s blind spot.

23 Nov 2021

Emergence of mercenary politics in Manipur

Many new entrants who are tipped to win have decided that their best prospects for bagging ministerial positions would be as mercenaries aligned with small parties.

25 Oct 2021

What Manipur’s sporting success also reveals

The Northeast has not seen a female chief minister so far. Politically, women here are in the margins. Yet, they have been frontrunners in sports

25 Sep 2021

The military DNA in Myanmar’s governance

What needs to be kept in mind in the Myanmar situation is that without a complete structural and psychological overhaul, civil rule in the country may never be complete.

28 Aug 2021

Making sense of boundary disputes in the Northeast

In order to understand the clash between Assam and Mizoram place, we have to go back to the British colonial government’s outlook to frontier management

07 Aug 2021

The effect of geography on Z security concerns

Rimland and heartland nations have very different perceptions of security. It is important for heartland ones to have a sense of control over areas just beyond their borders

13 Mar 2021