Achievers of Manipur

31/05/2025

Eshing echao na maram oiduna Senjenthong lomda gari chatpa thingle...

31/05/2025

Khurai Heikru Makhong da Imphal turel Kaire. Miyam awabda amuk tare. Mare leinaba Authority ge meyeng athubada darkar pure.

24/03/2025

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23/03/2025

Education a casualty as camp kida stare at uncertainty

The ethnic conflict that erupted in May 2023 has done more than just displace 60,000 people and claim over 260 lives --- it has stolen childhoods and left an entire generation teetering on the edge of uncertainty.

Inputs: Media report

23/03/2025

Hundreds of Meiteis and Kukis living in separate relief camps in Manipur pleaded with a delegation of Supreme Court and High Court judges Saturday (22nd March) to help restore their homes and lands lost in the ethnic violence that has torn the state apart.

Inputs: Media report

22/03/2025

RSS reckons Manipur will take a long time to heal from the ravages of the ethnic conflict, but remains confident that it's influence and outreach can help bring the warring communities to the negotiating table, the saffron fountainhead's joint general secretary C R Mukunda said on Friday (21st March).

Inputs: Media report

22/03/2025

13/03/2025

Finance Minister’s Masterclass in Empathy: How to downplay a humanitarian crisis with a straight face

By Joyshree Usham
Imphal, March 12:

In a stunning display of political acrobatics, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman graced Parliament on Tuesday evening with a speech that will undoubtedly go down in history as a masterclass in how to trivialize a burning state while maintaining an impressively straight face. Manipur, a state currently grappling with ethnic violence, economic collapse, and the displacement of over 60,000 people, was reduced to a mere footnote in her fiery monologue. Instead of addressing the crisis, she chose to play the age-old game of “Who’s Worse: Us or Them?”—a classic distraction technique that left many wondering if she had mistaken Parliament for a comedy roast.
“It’s Not as Bad as 1993, Guys!”
The Finance Minister’s pièce de résistance was her audacious comparison of the current crisis to the Kuki-Naga conflict of 1993, which claimed 750 lives and destroyed 350 villages. With the finesse of a seasoned statistician, she implied that since fewer lives have been lost this time, the situation isn’t that severe. One can almost imagine her shrugging and saying, “It’s just a little ethnic violence, folks. Nothing to see here!” Her remarks were a stark reminder that in the world of politics, human suffering is often measured in numbers, not stories. The fact that thousands are languishing in relief camps and prices of essential commodities have soared like never before seemed to escape her notice. But hey, at least it’s not 1993, right?

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In a stunning display of political acrobatics, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman graced Parliament on Tuesday evening with a speech that will undoubtedly go down in history as a masterclass in how to trivialize a burning state while maintaining an impressively straight face.