WeRetrospect Mingchat Tanba
Mingchat nangbu tanbada Aki akhang leikhidre. Aranbabu achumba olhalle, Achumbabu aranba olhalle. Asengbabu namsinkhre, Sengdababu pukhatkhre. Mingchat nangi damakta Achum araan khangkhidare. Kayada ngakhraba Ngasigi mamlaba taibangsida. Amambana kokthong lakhatlaga…
Are you paying your chinky tax ?
Ruth Chawngthu Earlier this year, when I was moving into my rented flat in an area in South Delhi that has a considerable population of people coming from the Northeast region, I…
Intervention in the Uri-Upal Debate with a Class Analysis
Cecil Thounaojam A recent social media feud broke out regarding the use of Uri-upal metaphor in lyrics, its interpretation, and impact. Mingsel Foundation put up a feminist analysis on critiquing the romanticisation…
O’ Sangbrei, Eidi Sam Kelle
Chakti numit khuding Chara ani chai, Yumthong khuding Meitrabak pumba, Cheng-hi su marouwee Chaphu su mathalli, Afaba fattaba Epunda hek pulli, Cheng-hi phutsi kadai Sangbrei maleite, Ema da su hai…
Bikhya Dugi Marumda
Bikhya dugi marumda Thaja ta yenglamba thanil do Thawan su masing thirakle. Lairbagi laishang dana Amuba machugi khongulna thankhre. Keisu leitaba nungdum dusu Esor ni khanna khurumli. Mara chettaba upal…
Fatima Begum: A Pioneer of Women’s Football in Manipur
Fatima Begum, a pioneer of women’s football in Manipur, started playing football since her childhood days. She started playing football in a small playground in Kshetrigao among boys. They used…
Manipur gi Puwari amasung Meeyam gi Puwari (People’s History)
Michael Samjetsabam “Puwari ayamba angam-athou singbu wangna thangatnaba amasung makhoigi kananaba eekhiba ngaktani.” (1) — Eric Hobsbawm (1998, 267) gi wareng “On History from Below” Manipur gi puwari hairaga eikhoina ngasi khangnariba…
Eigee Punshi
Babina Laishram Nongdon thakta pairiba Hada chekla woh...! Eisu nakhoigee natung ellakke Hangla malangda Eining tamna paijage. Loktak patki hee-honba Maikei karomda holliba...! Eihak pusu pubi-u Eapak ki phajaba se Yengjage penna…
Everyone knows what a drug addict looks like, right?
I used to picture a drug addict as someone under a bridge with a needle in his arm. The end of addiction might look that way, but it sure doesn’t…