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Royal Book House: Making a Space for Indigenous Literature since 2009

Royal Book House, an old shabby book store, lies behind the Governor’s residence at Imphal. Longjamcha Sanathoi Piba and Hijam ningol Longjam ongbi Phajabi Leima, a couple in their mid…

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Notes on Cheitharon Kumpapa, 1500-1550 CE

The notes on Cheitharon Kumpapa (CK, henceforth) below are on the first half of the sixteenth century. The attempt is to understand the feudal system that existed between 1500 and…

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Axone: An Internalized Idea of Colonizing Culture

There are things we need to look beyond the chinky faces to understand the problems with Axone. The problem with Axone runs deeper than and beyond the apologetic tokens; it…

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Dog Meat Ban: Not a Case for Animal Rights but a Racist Display of Power

A few days back People For Animals, an organization started by BJP MP, Maneka Gandhi, and some mayang celebrities ran a campaign and asked their followers to sign a petition…

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On Studying Racism: Mayang Jargons and Diluting Settler Colonialism

This article deals with how we should approach the issue of racism. It has become an important matter as there have been attempts from many activists and academic circles to…

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Puya, Laichat amasung Physical Distancing

_Michael Samjetsabam COVID 19 laichat asina maram oiduna Bharat ki meeyam angakpa fangna waare. Mee seebagi chang hengatlaktuna laichat asi pak chaona sandokpa mafam ama Bharat ngasidi oire. Senmitlon gi…

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I am an Indigenous Nupi Maanbi, I am not a Bahujan: Santa Khurai

Round Table India recently published an interview of Santa Khurai, a prominent Meitei Nupi Maanbi activist, writer and artist from Manipur as a part of the series called “Bahujan perspective…

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Why Axone is Less About Confronting Racism and More About Comforting Racists

~ Cecil Thounaojam Unlike Axone, the indigenous food, Axone (the film) is a mayang recipe specially made digestible for the mainlanders on the discourse of racism in India, with a…

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Wari Watai with Santa Khurai

Anouba Meerol presents an interview of Santa Khurai, a Meitei Nupi Maanbi from Manipur. She narrates the experiences of trans-community during the ongoing lockdown and the economic and social difficulties…

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“Houjik Tougadaba Karino?”: Lamyanba Irabot ki Wareng

Wareng gi matang da “Houjik Tougadaba Karino?” hairiba Lamyanba Irabot ki wareng asi ehan hanba oina 1932 da Yakairol gi May-June tha gi chefong da fongkhibani. Wareng asi Lamyanba Irabot…

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