Crossing Borders and Singing About Erotic Desires in Bhawaiyaa Folk Music
This paper seeks to examine the evocation of erotic desire in Bhawaiyaa folk music, which has often come under moral…
My Grandmother: Exhibit A
This project traces the personal journeys of four grandmothers within the context of family, gender, state, and violence. It is…
How Women Remember War: Unearthing Memories of the Second World War in Manipur
This paper puts together the memories of Manipuri people, particularly Manipuri women, during the years of the Second World War.…
Aita’s Pakghor: Voices and Narratives from the kitchen
Through a storytelling process that involves visuals and direct narratives, this paper attempts to look at indigenous kitchens through the…
Women’s Action in the Mizo National Front Movement
The signing of the Mizoram Peace Accord in 1986 has been called one of the most successful peace accords in…
Visual Cultures of Assam
This paper explores the location of Assamese Muslim women as cultural citizens, and the possibilities of building up new networked…
Nations, Communities and Queer Lives
This paper explores certain faces of the quotidian of people who are living ‘queer’ lives in Manipur, through stories of…
The Stories of the Red Coat
Marked by their red coats, the ‘Gaon Buras/Buris’ (village old men/women) have been a part of village councils in Arunachal…
Why Insurgent Groups in Manipur Kill Rape Accused
By analysing first-hand testimonies from the Imphal valley, this paper attempts to unpack questions of vigilante forms of gender justice,…
