Imphal’s Ima Keithel: the world’s only all-women market faces a digital future
Inside the sprawling Ima Keithel, where more than 5,000 women trade everything from vegetables to handwoven…
Loktak Lake’s phumdi islands face a slow death — and a bold plan to save them
On Loktak Lake, the great floating islands of vegetation called phumdi have thinned dramatically in a…
Border trade at Moreh: the Myanmar gateway’s bumpy road to revival
The twin towns of Moreh and Tamu, separated by a wire fence on the India–Myanmar border,…
Ukhrul’s football dream: a village team’s run to the national spotlight
When the young footballers of Ukhrul United boarded a bus for Imphal, they carried boots donated…
Manipur’s polo revival: where the world’s oldest team sport meets the modern game
In the Imphal valley, where polo was born on the sagol kangjei — literally ‘pony hockey’…
Khongjom Day: remembering the last stand of the Anglo-Manipur War
Every year on April 23, thousands climb the hill at Khongjom where the last battle of…
Manipur’s sangai festival draws record crowds to the floating lake
The Sangai Festival, named for Manipur’s brow-antlered deer, drew 80,000 visitors to the shores of Loktak…
The Tipaimukh question: why a dam on the Barak keeps resurfacing in regional politics
The proposed Tipaimukh dam on the Barak river has resurfaced in regional politics, a decade after…
Manipur’s handloom satellites: how the valley’s looms orbit the world
Manipur’s valley districts run more handlooms per capita than any region in India — the loom…
The Hmar people of the Barak valley: a community between borders and dialects
The Hmar people live across Manipur, Mizoram and Assam — a community divided by state borders…