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
The slippery slopes of Naga solution
The interlocutor in the Naga peace talks has revealed a possible solution. But there are concerns about the Centre’s concessions
15 May 2018
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