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Is the Suspension of Operations Pact Failing? Alarming Revelations from the Sinai Camp Raise Questions About Government Oversight and Rising Violence!

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Kuki National Army and Kuki Liberation Army's camp raise serious questions about Government oversight and safety in the region   Is the Suspension of Operations Pact Failing? Alarming Revelations from the Sinai Camp Raise Questions About Government Oversight and Rising Violence! The situation at the Sinai camp, where a significant number of Kuki National Army and Kuki Liberation Army members are unaccounted for, highlights a critical failure in the enforcement of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement. This lack of oversight has allowed armed groups to operate with impunity, raising serious concerns about public safety and the effectiveness of the government's peacekeeping efforts. The on-going violence, including recent murders, underscores the urgent need for a comprehensive review and potential abolition of the SoO pact, as the current framework appears inadequate to ensure accountability and security in the region. We still remember that when the former Nort...

Manipur: The Jewel of the East - History, Culture and Why It Is Called So (2026)

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Manipur: The Jewel of the East - History, Culture and Why It Is Called So 2026 Abstract Author: Maibam Donna, PhD Scholar,  Centre for Study of Social Inclusion, Manipur University,  Researcher and Author of several journal articles  and book chapters on Northeast India Manipur, a small state in India's Northeast that shares a 398 km international border with Myanmar, is habitually framed in national discourse through the lens of conflict, insurgency, remoteness, and underdevelopment. Such framing, while not without empirical basis, is profoundly incomplete. It obscures a reality that is far more complex and far more promising. This essay takes a deliberately different approach. It undertakes a systematic appraisal of Manipur's positive endowments—its globally significant ecology, its exceptionally long political and cultural history, its classical and folk performing arts that have attained national and UNESCO recognition, its distinctive and historically deep-rooted gen...