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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Home before dark: In an atmosphere of fear, simple entertainment has become a luxury difficult to obtain in Manipur, by Akoijam Sunita (hsa 07/2010)

Valley versus hill: The crisis in Manipur is based in the Imphal government’s inability to regard all the state’s population as its own, and its indifference towards Naga concerns, by Dolly Kikon (hsa 07/2010)

Beyond ethnicity and territoriality: The standoff in Manipur demonstrates the evolving politics of ethnic exclusionism in the Indian Northeast, and New Delhi’s collusion in the process, by Yengkhom Jilangamba (hsa 07/2010)

After 69 days: Into the Manipur tangle, where a record-long economic blockade has only sharpened the polarisation, by Kishalay Bhattacharjee (hsa 07/2010)

Manipur CM survives assassination bid (ht 03/09/2008)

The phantom disappearances of Manipur: Were 400 Manipuri villagers kidnapped and forced across the Burmese border or not?, by I Yumnam Rupachandra (Himal Southasian, May 2007)

Women In The Line Of Fire, by Linda Chhakchhuak (rn 10/07/2006)

In Manipur, it’s either the militants’ way or the national highway: Blockade by Naga students forced CM to ask Army to clear it, no sign of more forces despite assurances from Home Minister in Parliament, by Samudra Gupta Kashyap (ie 06/08/2005)

Siege within, by Sushanta Talukdar (fl 30/07/2005)

Extortion a way of life in Manipur, by Ranjit Devraj (Asia Times 04/04/2005)

At least 29 tribals killed in Manipur operation: Indian army (rn 04/12/2004)

Despair and democracy, by Praveen Swami (fl 05/06/2004)

The state of insurgency, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2003)

Background

Official web site of Govt of Manipur

District web sites:

Invest in Manipur, Switzerland of the East

Directorate of Education, Govt. of Manipur

Environment and Ecology Wing, Govt. of Manipur

Manipur Budget 2002-3

Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Manipur

Manipur Science and Technology Council