Amid the thunder and fury in India as the world's most populous nation heads to a general election, the streets of Manipur, a tiny, violence-torn state in the country's far east, are largely quiet reut.rs/4aDUb3k

For 11 months now with 219 dead, 1,100 injured, 60,000 displaced – the #Manipurconflict continues.

We the reporters' collective reviewed a report by Assam Rifles officials that partly blames CM N.Biren Singh (Modi Ka Parivar) for the conflict. (pt. 1 of 2)

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Excellent story by Tora Agarwala: In Manipur the thousands of Meitei & Kukis still living in relief camps feel neglected by PM Modi, who hasn't visited the state since sectarian violence erupted last year. The state votes on Apr 19 under a pall of fear.
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My last piece for Scroll is a long dispatch from the war torn border town of Moreh in Manipur.

I end where I started seven years ago: in the North East, a place I also call home.

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Why is this the best time to be a journalist? Divya Arya
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ICYMI, we took a break from our regular programming yesterday to feature this wonderful story by Tora Agarwala.

The story of a woman who has perhaps the most unique job in the world!

Do listen in, especially if you like audio storytelling.

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Here’s something to make your weekend fun and thought provoking. And a reminder that there’s an India outside Delhi and maybe it’s not an India you know. Listen to the superb Tora Agarwala open.spotify.com/episode/2YHVua…

#ManipurHorror : “I pleaded and told them to stop” said the 37-year-old meitei rape survivor. She filed an FIR in August after dealing with her trauma in silence, feeling too ashamed to speak about it. Here’s the full report for Scroll.in:
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Despite the scale, Bangladesh’s war is little known outside the region. One inglorious fact is that it gave one of the first documented examples of rape as a weapon of war – between 200,000 and 400,000 women are said to have been victims.
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On Wednesday, the sniper bullet that killed Haokip came from somewhere around Phubala, minutes away from his old workplace: the Moirang police station.

On what it means to be a cop in Manipur now and the choices one makes in a all-consuming conflict.
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Last year, for Asian Cup qualifiers, #IndianFootball team was picked on advice of an astrologer.

Before each match, coach Igor Stimac shared players' birth dates, timings and places with the astrologer, who was paid RS 12-15 lakh by the AIFF.

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Went back to Manipur last month to discover that the nature of the war had changed. VBIGs have entered the battleground and a recruitment drive is afoot. However, officials believe the conflict may have taken off the seccesionist edge off Metei insurgency
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ICYMI, the number of people who lost their lives in conflict in Manipur yesterday was SIX.
Since August 29 - also the day of the assembly session - at least NINE people have died so far in firing along the Churachandpur-Bishnupur border. 4 months in.

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What happens to patients when the state capital - where the state's healthcare resources are concentrated in and heavily dependant on - becomes inaccessible to a section of its population? The fallout of Manipur's ethnic divide on healthcare:

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