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Why Did U.S. Support Commission of Inqui

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Korea Times - September 2, 2010 With just a little over two months before the general election in Burma, which is scheduled for November 7, the United States...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 02 Sep 2010 Hits:10 Article

Christianity in Myanmar (Burma)

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: Myanmar or Burma is known across the globe as a military-ruled third world country that is not favourable to Christianity. It is true that construction of new...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 03 Aug 2010 Hits:675 Religion

India’s Engagement and Burma’s Junta

By Nehginpao Kipgen Asia Times - July 21, 2010 India, in attempts to expand engagements with its neighbors, has hosted Afghan president Hamid Karzai, Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, Bangladeshi prime minister...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 24 Jul 2010 Hits:772 Article

The Indian Census 2011

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: Census Operation, 2010 needs no introduction. It is a nation-wide ongoing exercise since June 1, 2010. The methods adopted for house-listing and creation of individual identity database...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 20 Jul 2010 Hits:346 Article

Kuki Chief-Ship: Looking East or West?

By Lunminthang Haokip Background: The issue merits a heated debate till the sun goes cold. To the Kukis, chief-ship is age-old. Long before democracy replaced monarchy in India, the Kuki-inhabited regions...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 12 Jul 2010 Hits:407 Article

Gospel Goes Global

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: The gospel was there even in the Old Testament times in the implied sense in the shadow of the shape of things to come. Among other things...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 30 Jun 2010 Hits:997 Religion

Customary Laws of the Kukis

By Priyadarshni M. Gangte 1. Introduction: Customary Law means those rules and principles which have been observed in a particular community in actual practice for a long time, i.e. time immemorial i.e....

Priyadarshni M. Gangte Comments 20 Jun 2010 Hits:654 History

What If Burma Goes Nuclear?

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Brunei Times - June 9, 2010 The Burmese military regime’s desire to become a nuclear power is an alarming development for the Burmese people, especially ethnic minorities, as...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 13 Jun 2010 Hits:626 Article

History of Christianity in North East In

By Lal Dena In the nineteenth century Christian missions and colonialism seemed to follow upon each other in Africa and Asia. It is for this reason that in the eyes of...

Lal Dena Comments 12 Jun 2010 Hits:403 History

KIM’s Memorandum to Indian Home Minister

June 10, 2010 Monitoring carefully the talks between Government of India and NSCN(I-M) for the last several years through statements made by media every now and then, it is now pretty...

Comments 11 Jun 2010 Hits:331 History

Letter to Thuingaleng Muivah

08-Jun-2010 Thuingaleng Muivah, General Secretary, National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) Taking report of the local newspaper that your proposed visit to your village Somdal, Ukhrul District in Manipur State is "still on...

By Tongkhojang Lunkim Comments 08 Jun 2010 Hits:363 History

Why not KUKILAND for Kukis?

By Nehkholun Kipgen The Kukis are nomadic coming from Far East country like Palestine. When they reached the “Kuchti” cliff, they settled down there for many periods. After some years, they...

Nehkholun Kipgen Comments 29 May 2010 Hits:578 History

Extension of U.S. Sanctions on Burma

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Epoch Times - May 17, 2010 The U.S. foreign policy toward the State Peace and Development Council of Burma is closely watched by both the Burmese people and...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 23 May 2010 Hits:479 Article

How Christianity Came to Manipur

By Lal Dena The first missionary who came to Manipur was Rev. William Pettigrew, Edinburgh, Scotland, under the sponsorship of the Arthington Aborigines’ Mission which was named after its founder, Robert...

Lal Dena Comments 16 May 2010 Hits:512 Religion

Purposes and Principles of U.S. Engageme

By Kurt M. Campbell Rangoon, Burma, May 10, 2010 I have just completed my second trip to Burma. During my two-day trip, I met with a wide variety of stakeholders inside the country....

Kurt M. Campbell Comments 11 May 2010 Hits:411 Article

A Time To Love

By Lunminthang Haokip The Going Gets Tough: The situation is grim. Commodities are scarce. A few vehicles ply on the highways and by-ways of Manipur state in India, today. No. It...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 10 May 2010 Hits:398 Article

Will There Be No Sunshine?

By Elizabeth Lhaineilhing It appears the stars fell down from heaven And fairies came with blessings The night she was born: There were fireworks and dancing, Laughter echoed throughout the house And no words compared the...

Elizabeth Lhaineilhing Comments 07 May 2010 Hits:374 Commentary

European Union's Policy on Burma

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Korea Times - May 5, 2010 In an annual routine policy review, the European Union extended economic sanctions against the military-ruled Burma for another year on April 26,...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 05 May 2010 Hits:417 Article

The Day Khuangjang Burns

By Leivang Thawnkhokam Ngaihte Looking back the past 50 years or so, I was just a toddler playing in an open field with some of my friends. It was at Lawibual...

Leivang Thawnkhokam Ngaihte Comments 03 May 2010 Hits:392 Commentary

AMCO’s Peace Efforts During the Kuki-Nag

By Lal Dena “Christians cannot be distinguished from the rest of the human race by country, language or custom. They do not live in cities of their owns; they do not...

Lal Dena Comments 30 Apr 2010 Hits:415 Article

Church and Social Justice

By Lal Dena Social justice has been a dynamic issue which runs through the pages of the prophetic books in the Old Testament and into the New Testament. It is so...

Lal Dena Comments 22 Apr 2010 Hits:678 Religion

Thailand is Searching for Acceptable Gov

By Nehginpao Kipgen China Daily - April 12, 2010 Thailand is a country whose economy significantly depends on its tourism industry, generating an estimated 547,782 million Thai baht in 2007. It contributed...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 15 Apr 2010 Hits:475 Article

Applicability of Tribal Forest Act and T

By Priyadarshni M. Gangte Tribal Forest Act, 2006 & Traditional Forest Rights of Tribals with its Applicability to the Kukis in Manipur* “How can you buy or sell sky, the warmth of the...

Priyadarshni M. Gangte Comments 15 Apr 2010 Hits:565 History

Sharing Suffering Chain

By David Buhril Memories, Recollection, and Personal Account of the March 2007 Rally The Simmer and the Spill The protracted fighting between the Indian armies and the Manipur valley based militants in the...

David Buhril Comments 13 Apr 2010 Hits:358 Commentary

How Honestly Sincere?

By Gosem Editor The center’s interlocutor on the Naga insurgency, R.S. Pandey, during his ongoing visit to Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, had reportedly stated that the center is “honestly sincere”...

Gosem Editor Comments 09 Apr 2010 Hits:397 Commentary

Ethnic Nation Building: Chin-Kuki-Zo Tra

By Lalthlamuong Keivom I sincerely thank the organisers- Kuki Research Forum (KRF) and Sinlung Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Organisation (SIPHRO)- for inviting me to be the Resource Person in this seminar,...

Lalthlamuong Keivom Comments 08 Apr 2010 Hits:823 History

An Appeal Letter to President of Human R

April 7, 2010 Appeal to prosecute Th Muivah, Gen Secretary and Isak Swu, Chairman of National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) for crimes committed against the Kuki people in Northeast India Mr....

PS Haokip Comments 08 Apr 2010 Hits:408 History

Serving in a Secular Set-Up

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: Whichever way we look at it, whether we are conscious about it or not, the plain truth remains that, vain as the chain of human hobnobbing with...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 07 Apr 2010 Hits:298 Article

Messed-Up Marriages

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: Marriages are made in heaven, it is said. Many wannabe grooms and brides hum this oft-repeated line without giving the serious thought it deserves to what it...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 05 Apr 2010 Hits:310 Article

Democracy in Burma will Strengthen ASEAN

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Jakarta Globe - March 26, 2010 The goal of an emerging regional alliance, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is to develop itself like a European-style single market...

Comments 27 Mar 2010 Hits:293 Article

Obama’s Diplomacy in Indonesia Trip

By Nehginpao Kipgen Malaysian Mirror - March 18, 2010 President Barack Obama’s visit to the most populous Muslim nation is delayed three days because of the unfinished task on healthcare reform in...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 17 Mar 2010 Hits:446 Article

Amazing Aizawl: City of Cheer

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: In a country where state capitals also double up as capitals of communal divide and covered-up deeds worthy of capital punishment, Mizoram’s hill-top city, Aizawl, is refreshingly...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 14 Mar 2010 Hits:440 Article

In Quest for Peace

By Chungkhokai Doungel The appeal by senior citizens for Society Manipur to the government of India to initiate unconditional talk with Manipur valley insurgents is a welcome move as it appears...

Chungkhokai Doungel Comments 12 Mar 2010 Hits:353 Article

The Struggles of Dalai Lama and Aung San

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Korea Times - March 07, 2010 The politics of a nation is strengthened by the participation of the people who run the government and the opposition who checks...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 07 Mar 2010 Hits:423 Article

Rhetorics of Kuki Nationalism

By Seilen Haokip Identity is such a simple notion it is hard to see why it gives rise to such baffling problems: Bertrand Russell[1] ...

Seilen Haokip Comments 27 Feb 2010 Hits:733 History

A Christian Perspective on Panacea to th

By T. Onkho Joel Haokip Unity was what once characterised the Kuki society in the pre-Christian dispensation. They had not bowed down to the mighty British Empire standing shoulder to shoulder....

T. Onkho Joel Haokip Comments 18 Feb 2010 Hits:512 Religion

Understanding the ‘Union Day’ of Burma

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Age - February 11, 2010 February 12, 2010 is the 63rd anniversary of Burma’s ‘Union Day’. It was this day in 1947 when 23 representatives from the Shan...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 11 Feb 2010 Hits:474 Article

A Review of U.S. One-Year Policy on Burm

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Huffington Post - January 26, 2010 It was on January 20th of last year, the first African-American was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 25 Jan 2010 Hits:536 Article

Retrospection of Nungbrang Incident

By Thongkholal Haokip Time and again, the Kuki people have been subjected to various forms of abuses and revilements by our so-called neighbouring communities, not taking into account the galore intimidations...

Thongkholal Haokip Comments 20 Jan 2010 Hits:504 Article

The Confluence of Globalisation in Manip

By Thanggoulien Khongsai Introduction For someone from Northeast India, especially Manipur, the easiest way to understand and to explain the confluence of globalisation, nation-state, culture and non-space, in the light of neoliberalism,...

Thanggoulien Khongsai Comments 03 Jan 2010 Hits:553 Article

The Kuki Tribes of Meghalaya

By Thongkholal Haokip The Kukis are an ethnic group that spread throughout the Northeastern region of India, Northwest Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. In Northeast India, they are present...

Thongkholal Haokip Comments 30 Dec 2009 Hits:837 History

Indigenous People and Poverty

By Thanggoulien Khongsai Tribals and Poverty Even though there are many areas of vagueness where it is quite difficult to differentiate “tribe” and “indigenous” as a group or as a concept, they...

Thanggoulien Khongsai Comments 30 Dec 2009 Hits:561 Article

A Reconciliation Burma Needs

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Korea Times - December 29, 2009 With the year 2009 closing to an end in a few days, both the Burmese people and the international community are cautiously...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 28 Dec 2009 Hits:609 Article

Christmas Peace is Needed in Manipur

By Robert Thongkholal Haokip Taking a walk down memory lane, Christmas to me as a child was the season of peace, goodwill and joy. It was the time of leaving cities...

Robert Thongkholal Haokip Comments 23 Dec 2009 Hits:620 Article

A Way Out for The Kuki People

By Lunminthang Haokip Introduction: Who are the Kukis? Opinions will differ. The British-Indian rulers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, for purposes of administrative categorisation on linguistic groupings, might have...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 13 Dec 2009 Hits:593 Article

Death of a Minor Over Hospital Negligenc

By Mrs. Hengah Haokip Hospital negligence led to the death of my beloved daughter Momoi Haokip at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, No. 258/A, Bommasabdra Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore 560 099,...

Mrs. Hengah Haokip Comments 12 Dec 2009 Hits:624 Commentary

KUT 2009 – Mumbai Chapter

By Boilal Gangte “Celebrating Cultural Oneness” A sprawling greenery in the heart of Mumbai, a finely cooled and decked auditorium and offcourse many beautiful people, was a perfect concoction for a historic...

Boilal Gangte Comments 10 Dec 2009 Hits:867 Culture

Human Values

By TL Sawm Kipgen As a human being, we have all of the necessary aptitude for creating a peaceful, safe, and nurturing environment for all of the peoples of this earth....

TL Sawm Kipgen Comments 05 Dec 2009 Hits:579 Article

Success in Afghanistan is Critical for O

By Nehginpao Kipgen Journal of Turkish Weekly - December 03, 2009 In less than a month from his visit to Asia in November, president Barack Obama announced 30,000 troops’ increase in Afghanistan...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 02 Dec 2009 Hits:513 Article

Strong Indo-U.S. Relations is Important

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Korea Times - November 27, 2009 The five-day visit of the Indian prime minister to the United States, which began on November 22, is an important step in...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 27 Nov 2009 Hits:569 Article

Enchanting Chandel District of Manipur

By Lunminthang Haokip INTRO: “We had been fed with all kinds of news about Chandel district that earlier, made me think twice before going to the district headquarters (DHQ), but now...

Lunminthang Haokip Comments 27 Nov 2009 Hits:631 Article

U.S. Increasing Attention to Asia

By Nehginpao Kipgen Journal of Turkish Weekly - November 12, 2009 In today’s international politics, no region of the world is too far to reach out to. Whether it is for good...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 14 Nov 2009 Hits:669 Article

U.S. Policy and Burma Protracted Conflic

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Brunei Times - November 02, 2009 In just over a month from the announcement of the Obama administration's 9-month long policy review on Burma, the U.S. assistant secretary...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 03 Nov 2009 Hits:974 Article

The metamorphosis of Kut celebration

By Thangkhochon Haokip Kuki people celebrated several Kuts in tune with the changing seasons of the year. As for instance, at the onset of spring when the vegetation that are mowed...

Thangkhochon Haokip Comments 27 Oct 2009 Hits:963 Culture

What is KUT festival all about?

By Donn Morgan Kipgen The much-awaited Chin-Kuki-Mizo (CHIKIM) KUT in the state of Manipur (India) is but just a week away, i.e., 1st day of November. This colourful, entertaining and post-harvest...

Donn Morgan Kipgen Comments 25 Oct 2009 Hits:858 Article

The Lives of Two Nobel Laureates

By Nehginpao Kipgen The Guardian - October 14, 2009 As the season of the world’s prestigious prize announcements are underway, the circumstances of two renowned Nobel Peace Prize recipients are riveting: the...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 19 Oct 2009 Hits:662 Article

The origin of Kut and its cultural herit

By George T. Haokip Kut, popularly known as ‘Chavang Kut’, is one of the largest and most popular festivals of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo, the people who were once subjugated and divided by the...

George T. Haokip Comments 18 Oct 2009 Hits:997 Culture

A coordinated approach is necessary in B

By Nehginpao Kipgen Asian Tribune - October 11, 2009 It is neither sanction nor engagement by itself that has hampered the democratization process in Burma, but the conflicting approaches. The engagement or...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 11 Oct 2009 Hits:786 Article

U.S. Engagement Must Understand Burma’s

By Nehginpao Kipgen Journal of Turkish Weekly - September 24, 2009 Developments are indicating that the Obama administration is starting to ease tension with the Burmese military junta. At the U.N. headquarters...

Nehginpao Kipgen Comments 01 Oct 2009 Hits:704 Article

Remembering September 13 Tragedy

By Gabriel T Haokip Come September 13, Kuki people the world over will commemorate the greatest tragedy ever that marked their history. It was on this fateful day in 1993 at...

Gabriel T Haokip Comments 11 Sep 2009 Hits:955 Commentary