In NESRC's latest publication, Vizokhole Ltu, Raysha Alvir and I grapple with the increasingly concerning issue of Tribal Land Alienation across NEI w.r.t. Constitutional Provisions including the Sixth Schedule. Do grab a copy. Will be available on Amazon soon.

boozylectures.substack.com/p/ruled-by-clo… Something wonderful I read today about rejecting the tyranny of clocks and trusting our own cycles of rest and activity. Need to unlearn this anxiety of WASTING time imbibed from the west

Me to myself

"Despite a long-standing culture of daily commuting from villages, Imphal lacks a functional public transport system". I write for Down To Earth for their ongoing series 'How India Moves'

Our co-authored book is now available on Amazon! Excited to share this journey with you. Grab your copy and dive in. amzn.in/d/eCC1nh8

Hostile turn of things in Siang. This must be revoked

Take your time out and partcipate. Via media, post or physical presence. Don’t let these greedy bastards, money minded win. 11500MW dam is no joke. 2880 MW Dibang dam is the record holder, imagine the consequence of 11500MW?

It is the second day of the #protest in Begging village near the survey camp of the 11,000 MW #SiangUpperMultipurposeProject (#SUMP) in Siang district, against the deployment of #CentralArmedPoliceForces stationed in the region to facilitate survey work for the mega hydro

This podcast discussing Dolly Kikon's seminal article, Dirty food: racism and casteism in India, explains lucidly how caste, tribe, food, and discrimination come together in India. Do listen, youtube.com/watch?v=FpwPv3…

Wrote an article in The Arunachal Times on the Idu Mishmi community's cultural conservation model, a resistance to the state enclosure of Indigenous land. arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2025…

Something on the lessons that a river as old as time may teach us if we let it -

Believe and walk the journey of decolonisation, repatriation, and healing. Naga delegation begins historic repatriation of ancestral remains from Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum nagalandtribune.in/naga-delegatio…

l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F… 9000 bighas of tribal land stolen in a Sixth Schedule district in a gross violation for all that the provision stands for. Give us our ancestral lands back!

The hardness of a people is a direct reflection of the hostility of their environment that necessitates such defenses. So when one meets a soft person one better know that they come from a place kind to them. It's those who think softness is weakness that need rehabilitation.

Had the best time connecting with my amazing peers from so many different pockets of the Eastern Himalayas. Here's to a life long journey of solidarity and friendship forged at this workshop by Zubaan and HBS ❤️

It is amazing how Zubeen da's rebellious voice comforted all who felt alien, excluded and unsure in this crazy city. As I listen to his famous Dimasa song 'Ning ani lugu gibi', I pray - may his gentle heart continue to inspire solidarity and courage always 🤍