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From warrior shawls to wild silks and sacred paintings, the tribal crafts of Northeast India are a vibrant expression of ...
The state of Manipur, nestled amidst Nagaland ... of 29 types of traditional dolls representing Manipuri tribes. Discover the village's pottery-making traditions, crafted exclusively by married ...
A video of two tribal women being paraded naked and subjected to blatant acts of sexual assault by a mob of men in the violence-hit northeastern state of Manipur has triggered outrage in India.
Recommended Manipur protests flare up into fresh violence over deaths of ‘eloped’ couple The inter-tribe couples trying to survive as their communities are ripped apart Indian opposition ...
Kuki tribal protestors shout slogans during a demonstration against deadly ethnic clashes in the country’s northeastern state of Manipur, in New Delhi on Saturday. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo ...
The march was called by the All Tribal Students Union of Manipur. The protest took place after the Manipur High Court, in an order on April 19, asked the government to consider petitions for ...
The anger was fuelled further when the Manipur High Court gave the green signal to the decade-old demand to include Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribe (ST). This triggered anger among the tribal ...
Members of the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur, which has lobbied for tribal status for Meiteis since 2012, with a BJP legislator. | Special Arrangement. The Manipur High Court’s ...
The All Tribal Students Union of Manipur (ATSUM), which called for the march, said it was organised to express dissent to the "persistent demands of the Meitei community for its inclusion in the ...
Since the beginning of May, more than 180 people have lost their lives in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Most of these victims are Christians from the minority Kuki-Zo tribe and ...
What lit the spark for the violence? Demonstrations by tribal groups against any move to grant the majority Meiteis Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, which the residents of the hills have. The high court ...