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What Modi’s Different Speeches in Manipur and Assam Tell Us About This Political Moment

What Modi’s Different Speeches in Manipur and Assam Tell Us About This Political Moment
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The Wire

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

For Modi's Visit to Help Heal Manipur, Cases Related to the Ethnic Conflict Must Be Expedited

For Modi's Visit to Help Heal Manipur, Cases Related to the Ethnic Conflict Must Be Expedited
14.09.2025 10

The Wire

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Mmhonlumo Kikon, BJP’s Only National Spokesperson From Northeast, Resigns

11.08.2025 10

The Wire

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

There Is Precedence in a CEC Leading Electoral Roll Revisions. But Gyanesh Kumar's Actions Are Still Extraordinary

05.07.2025 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

The Meitei Voices From Manipur Who Paid the Price For Criticising Biren Singh

26.06.2025 4

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Assam Govt's Recent Actions Are Similar to the Anti-Muslim Atmosphere Witnessed in the State in 1965

04.06.2025 20

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

An Open Letter: 'I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister'

28.05.2025 8

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

How the Arambai Tenggol Has Escaped a Ban and Charges of Separatism Despite Being Armed

23.05.2025 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Why the Name ‘Operation Sindoor’ Must be Examined Closely

07.05.2025 9

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

'The Right is Using the Political Touch Points of the Left to Justify Their Existence'

05.05.2025 3

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

The Same Modi Who Chided the UPA For 26/11 is Cracking Down on Those Asking Questions Over Pahalgam

01.05.2025 30

The Wire

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

It's Not Surprising J.D. Vance Went to Akshardham – But Before Modi, it Would Have Been

23.04.2025 5

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

The Supreme Court’s Censure of RN Ravi Marks His Second Failure as Modi’s Handpicked Man

09.04.2025 5

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Is Himanta Targeting Assam Journalist Dilwar Mozumder For Gain in a Tribal Council Poll?

01.04.2025 9

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Assam Journalist’s Arrest Points to Himanta Biswa Sarma’s Newfound Unease

27.03.2025 5

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Zero Funds Disbursed: Is Unnati Scheme Just Another Promise for Industrialisation in Northeast?

22.03.2025 30

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90 Years of Joymoti: The Film That Paved the Way for Assamese Cinema

10.03.2025 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Manipur: In First High-Level Meet Since President’s Rule, Amit Shah Stresses Border Fencing Completion

04.03.2025 6

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Did the Manipur Governor Flout Constitutional Norms in Revoking His Order Convening the Assembly?

11.02.2025 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

In Manipur, a Pawn Is Sacrificed to Save the King

10.02.2025 9

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Manipur Tapes: Truth Lab Says 93% Match Between CM Biren's Voice and Audio Clips

03.02.2025 7

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Manipur Tapes: Did Biren Singh Get Banned Militant Groups to ‘Join Together’ With the Police?

New Delhi: Among several incendiary statements heard on an audio recording submitted to the Commission of Inquiry on the violence in Manipur is one...

01.10.2024 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Why Biren Singh – Caught in 'Manipur Tapes' Allegations – Held a Presser on Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi: In a much-anticipated press meeting on August 25, Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh – in the eye of the storm following The Wire‘s ‘...

27.08.2024 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Manipur Tapes: CM's Brother, Arambai Tenggol Founder's Threats To 'Traitors' Who Leaked Tapes to 'Enemy' Contradict Biren's 'Doctored' Claim

New Delhi: While the N. Biren Singh’s Bharatiya Janata Party state government in Manipur has claimed that the audio tapes put out in the public...

24.08.2024 20

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‘I Started Operations’: Biren Singh Allegedly Claims Credit for Conflict, ‘Kukis Filling Up Govt Posts Through ST Quota’

Read parts one and two of the ‘Manipur Tapes’ series here and here.  New Delhi: Ever since the Meitei-Kuki ethnic conflict broke out in Manipur...

19.08.2024 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

'Where's the Proof They Were Raped?', Biren Allegedly Says of Kuki Women Paraded Naked, 'Reward Those Arrested for Saving Them'

Read part one of the ‘Manipur Tapes’ series here. New Delhi: An audio recording of a meeting – said by a well-placed source to have been...

19.08.2024 20

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Manipur Tapes Submitted to Commission: Did Biren Singh Authorise Use of ‘Bombs’ in the State, in Defiance of Amit Shah?

New Delhi: The Commission of Inquiry set up by the Ministry of Home Affairs to inquire into the Manipur violence has been provided with an audio...

19.08.2024 1

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