Tribal peoples in Manipur have been maintaining their commons under customary law. Interacting with outsiders has always led to the contestation of their customs, traditions, and beliefs. Tribal societies continue to administer their villages under customary law on the tenet of equity. Their law has even resisted the policies of …
Tribal peoples in Manipur have been maintaining their commons under customary law. Interacting with outsiders has always led to the contestation of their customs, traditions, and beliefs. Tribal societies continue to administer their villages under customary law on the tenet of equity. Their law has even resisted the policies of …
‘Ministry says villagers were already provided rehabilitation’ A complete U-turn in a matter of one month by the Union Ministry for Tribal Affairs (MOTA) on the application of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) now promises to remove hurdles before the controversial Mapithel Multipurpose Project in Manipur, which has been under …
An apex social body of the Kuki community, Kuki National Assembly (KNA) has decided to take strong action against poachers found inside the Kaziranga National Park. KNA has recently formed an anti-poaching and wildlife crime cell in the name and style ‘Anti-poaching and Wildlife Protection Committee’ to fight against the …
RECENTLY, I was in Mao, the first town across the Manipur border - and a picturesque hill village south of Kohima in Nagaland. At the highway hotel we were told that the last bus had just left, and now there was no way of getting to Imphal till the day …
