Sea about to erase my footprints at a Goa beach this morning: Recalled my favourite lines: "There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after." Ecclesiastes 1:11

My column in The New Indian Express today in which I argue identity is fiction in line with Benedict Anderson's "Imagined Communities". newindianexpress.com/opinions/2023/…

My review of IFFI Goa carried by The Hindu today. However, you have to be a subscriber of The Hindu on web to read the full article. thehindu.com/entertainment/…

This was first carried in The New Indian Express as my monthly column and then reproduced in our weekly web journal IRAP. imphalreviews.in/as-another-new…

My review of Arupjyoti Saikia's new book, "The Quest for Modern Assam" first published in The Telegraph and reproduced in IRAP today. imphalreviews.in/book-review-bo…

This boo review was first carries in The Tribune, Chandigarh, then reproduced in IRAP. Link to the original is provided. imphalreviews.in/book-review-in…

This article on how once borders and religions had soft boundaries but now hardened, was first carried in The New Indian Express and then in IRAP. imphalreviews.in/how-borders-an…

This was first carried in The New Indian Express. Reproduced here at IRAP with some minor changes. imphalreviews.in/the-unfolding-…

A slightly different version of my column in The Telegraph this month reproduced in IRAP. imphalreviews.in/protest-agains…

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My TNIE column this month. newindianexpress.com/opinions/2024/…

My article in EPW yesterday, Feb 1, on Manipur's hill-valley politics of friction, which is sometimes honest but most of the time unfounded and sinister. epw.in/journal/2025/5…

My Feb column in The New Indian Express which appeared on Feb 6. newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/…

My article in The Hindu on the Central rule in Manipur, published on Feb 20, 2025. We have also reproduced it in IRAP in our latest upload yesterday. thehindu.com/opinion/lead/m…

My column in The Telegraph on the entangled nationalism question in Myanmar. telegraphindia.com/opinion/uncert…

My monthly column in The New Indian Express which appeared on Thursday. newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/…

My column in The Telegraph today telegraphindia.com/opinion/pavlov…

My June TNIE column preponed to May 29 on the editor's request. newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/…

Since Manipur's rivers originate from different catchment areas, maybe river linking to divert waters from swollen to less swollen rivers in times of emergencies is one answer to flash floods caused by cloudbursts such as the ones Cyclone Remal bring. imphalreviews.in/river-linking-…