AFSPA: Tragedy of Delinking Its Political Premise
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
All legislations are to address some realities/phenomena in our real world. Acts on dowry, sati, child-marriage, for that matter the...
Highway Blockade in Manipur
By: Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
Another episode, another episodic reaction and noises; it is a déjà vu of frustratingly comical experience of a tragic life....
Memorial Lecture UA Shimray Negotiating Identity Politics: Crafting the future of a Fractured Fraternity
By A. Bimol Akoijam
Chairperson, distinguished invitees, friends, and ladies and gentlemen.
There are lots of academic professionals in this world. But there are few amongst...
Sangakpham and Beyond Confronting Illegitimate Violence
By A. Bimol Akoijam
In our times, empirically and theoretically speaking, terrorism has been an illegitimate child of a legitimate politics. The so-called “Islamic Terrorism”...
Devil’s Advocate: Deranged Man and Protestors (PART 2)
By: A Bimol Akoijam
Previously on Devil’s Advocate: Deranged Man and Protestors
LP: What do you mean?
DM: If she decides to call off the fast or...
AFSPA: Smoke Screen of a Political Act
A. Bimol Akoijam“This is a lawless law”, so asserted Laishram Achaw, MP from Manipur while the Armed Forces Special Powers Bill was debated on...
No More Knee Jerk Reaction, Time for a holistic and realistic response to ethnic...
A. Bimol Akoijam
That one strand of Naga politics has been deeply informed and driven by an `ethnic` rather than `civic` political perspective is not...
Some Suggestions to Govt. of India on AFSPA
By: A Bimol Akoijam
Going by the dominant views, primarily legalistic and devoid of political basis, on AFSPA amongst those who are protesting against...
Devil’s Advocate: Deranged Man and Protestors
By: A Bimol Akoijam
Amidst the sultry tropical weather, a group of protestors repeatedly shout, “Save Sharmila!!!!
One of the protestors passes on the leaflet that...
Sex! Yes, Sex! Oh yes, Sex!
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
Yes, sex does sell. But when one says that we must also know that the sex in question is primarily, if...
Eight (8) Hours of Electricity in a Day: A Cruel Joke on the people...
By: Bimol Akoijam
In response to a Public Interests Litigation (PIL), the Government of Manipur has reportedly promised that it is working towards ensuring “Eight...
Minds that Matter
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
It is possible to change the state of affairs in Manipur. But who shall do the needful for that change? If...
Ten issues/questions to understand the significance of the political premise of AFSPA
To insist that one must address and understand “Political Premise” of AFSPA is to insist that we must fundamentally know/address the following...
Intellectual Deficits and State of Affairs in Manipur
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
I suppose, except for those who are in a denial mode for obvious reasons, the state of affairs in Manipur has...