Since May last year, Manipur, a state in northeastern India, has been caught in violent ethnic clashes between two groups: the majority Meitei community and the minority Kuki-Zo tribes. This violence has led to more than 200 deaths and forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes. Recently, the situation
According to intelligence agencies, the Kuki militants are merely puppets in the hands of drug lords from their community, holding peace in Manipur to ransom. Intermittent violence continues to convulse strife-torn Manipur with Kuki militants engaging with security forces and attacking Meiteis and their properties. But, say intelligence agencies, the
At the peak of it’s power, the British Empire covered more than a quarter of the world. To rule over the natives and extract their resources, the officers of the East India Company segregated the populations into different regions and effectively tookover the local trade. Overtime these imaginary lines were
