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...
Devils and Holy Cows
Devils and Holy Cows
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
For the state of affairs, or the mess to be precise, in Manipur, whom do we hold responsible?...
The `Mainstream` and the `Northeast`: The Curious Case of Contrasting Images
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
In a recent speech, the Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia reportedly said that the recent exodus of the northeast people...
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...
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...
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...
Disturbing Normalization and Confusions
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
Violence is expected in a conflict zone or area like Manipur. As a state wherein there has been armed confrontation between...
Let it be
muses of a lovelorn soul
insights of an engaging mind
a figment of imagination
of a restless life…
voice that comes like a gentle breeze
sooths the weary heart;
words...
Time to look within and have some shame and self-respect
By: A. Bimol Akoijam
To all those denizens of Manipur who are offended or hurt by the manner in which the “mainstream”, the...
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...
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...
Lessons from a Daughter
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
I am blessed with a daughter a few days back, on 15 July. Since then, it has been a hectic and...
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”...
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...