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...
If Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay Were a Manipuri?
By : Bimol Akoijam
In a seminar held at Manipur University recently, a gentleman who happens to be a ‘mayang’ (outsider) dares to say...
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...
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...
Attack on Srinagar to Imphal rally against AFSPA and in support of Sharmila
“Aam Hindustani” (if I may translate it into English, “ordinary Indian”), a name used by those who tried to disrupt by throwing stones at...
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...
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...
Manipur as a Constitutional fiction with a nostalgia
There is something admirable about the Constitution of India as a living document. Take for example, the honesty with which it records the historicity...
Making Sense of Corruption In Manipur
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
Corruption is a popular vocabulary in the discourses on public issues not only in Manipur but also in the other parts...
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”...
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...
Pathos of Self Estrangement
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
It seems, times have truly changed for the mandarins in New Delhi. Delivering a lecture at a well-known institute in Delhi,...
Manipuri Intellectual Style
Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
‘Ekai khumnabada matik charaba, thoidokna khang heiraba, resource person oibiduna mayai tangbal da lengsinbiriba sing-gi mafam da karisu khangjadraba eina wahang amakhakta...
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....