Senior counsel in the Supreme Court, the author offers a rare overview of the state of affairs in India with every arm of the state being weaponised against independent opinion and dissent
In the run up, those final five days before polling on May 10, efforts by citizens and civil society over past months and week are interesting to note. Without an active citizenry taking part in the election process can the electoral process be held accountable? Can issues of social justice significance be brought centre stage to politics? Karnataka shows us the way
Opposition SP, BSP alleged that despite carrying voter ID cards, Muslim and dalit voters in some districts were asked to show Aadhar cards with the aim to “reduce polling percentage”.
Two communities clashing on the ground, with mobs on the rampage did not stop Kuki women from protecting the Meiteis and helping them get away from the angry mob, shows a ground report
While bitter hostilities between Meiteis and Kukis have formed the larger narrative, with Kukis seen as a target, Arambai Tenggol’s acts of violence on the Pangals, a small Muslim minority, with the latest being the brute torture of a young man have remained in the dark underbelly of the violence in Manipur
In all, 81 persons, including women and children were killed and 214 persons were injured in the Meitei-Kuki conflict in Manipur in the year 2024, as reported in the 5 newspapers monitored by the CSSS – The Times of India, The Indian Express, The Hindu, Inquilab and Sahafat. Among the 81 killed, 19 were from Meitei community, while 15 were from Kuki community, 12 were security personnel, and 4 were Hindu migrant workers