Video - What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
Ye Daagh Daagh Ujaala Discussion Series | EPISODE 01
The violence that has wracked Manipur for the past year has exacted a terrible price. It has left at least 227 people dead, displaced more than 70,000 people from their homes and resulted in a de facto partition of the state, with the majority Meitei community now living in the valley and the Kuki community confined to the hills.
Some 50,000 children, women and men are living in camps even after a year, still bereft of nutrition, education, work and hope.
How can the chasm be closed? Writer and peace worker Harsh Mander discusses possibilities with political scientist Bidhan Laishram and activist Sem Haokip in the first episode of the discussion series Ye Daagh Daagh Ujala - The State of the Indian Republic.
These long-form conversations will seek to reflect on the various challenges that Indian democracy confronts.
The series is named after the iconic poem of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.