Review of the MoU on Tipaimukh Dam

By Elf Hmar The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) made on the April 23, 2010 amongst the government of Manipur (GoM), the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited, for the construction of Tipaimukh Dam, was signed...

Tipaimukh Woes

Yet again, Tipaimukh is in the media not for good but for all the dark events taking place over there. It seems as though good things are a scarcity in this god-forsaken region since 2006. First, in 2006 it was the mass rape, molestation of Hmar women and torture and planting...

Abuse of Justice

By Elf Hmar, 19 January, 2008Two years is a very long time. But what would it be for those who are living with severe traumatised past? Even a single day would have stretched like a millennium. Ugly memories of rape, molestation, loss, shame, helplessness, forced upon them...

Injustice, Lies and More Lies Endangers Peace

Elf Hmar, 10 April 2007 In the last fifteen months or so, human rights in Manipur has brought about a new dimension on the issue and also evoked a lot of murmurings. Most of them were, unfortunately, of disbelief on the role of the “new” actors of crime against...