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,...
What the heck do we know of AFSPA?
By: A Bimol Akoijam
To all those who seem to have a problem when I talk of “Tragedy of de-linking the political premise of AFSPA”
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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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (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...
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...