After the killing of her Meitei partner, Chingnu Haokip has been isolated by both sides of Manipur’s ethnic divide. ‘The town is full of informers. You can’t trust anyone,’ said an activist.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
In conversation with ThePrint, the CM also spoke on Myanmar border fencing, new rail line coming up near Aizawl, and the need for a second capital for his state.
The discussion on Patricia Mukhim’s book, From Isolation to Integration, brought together authors, journalists, and public intellectuals, including ThePrint Editor-in Chief Shekhar Gupta and former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai.
Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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