The Lois of Manipur

The Lois of Manipur
Author: Lairenlakpam Bino Devi
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2002
Genre: Dalits
ISBN: 9788170998495

On the social life and customs of Lois, Indic people.

Dance Matters

Dance Matters
Author: Pallabi Chakravorty
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136516123

This volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective on dance scholarship and practice as they have evolved in India and its diaspora, outlining how dance histories have been written and re-written, how aesthetic and pedagogical conventions have changed and are changing, and how politico-economic shifts have shaped Indian dance and its negotiation with modernity.. Written by eminent and emergent scholars and practitioners of Indian dance, the articles make dance a foundational socio-cultural and aesthetic phenomena that reflects and impacts upon various cultural intercourses -- from art and architecture to popular culture, and social justice issues. They also highlight the interplay of various frameworks: global, national, and local/indigenous for studying these diverse performance contexts, using dance as a critical lens to analyse current debates on nationalism, transnationalism, gender and sexuality, and postcolonial politics. At the performace level, some articles question the accepted divisions of Indian dance (‘classical’, ‘folk’, and ‘popular’) and critique the dominant values associated with classical dance forms. Finally, the book brings together both experiential and objective dimensions of bodily knowledge through dance.

Wounded Land

Wounded Land
Author: John Parratt
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9788183240536

Articles with reference to Manipur, India.

Governmentality

Governmentality
Author: Andrew Lathuipou Kamei
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2023-09-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000953661

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed. It studies the rationale, forms, technologies, techniques, practices, and impact of two protest movements in Northeast India: the tribal movement led by the Joint Action Committee Against Anti-Tribal Bills (hereafter JACAATB) in Manipur, and the anti-corruption movement led by the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) in Nagaland. The study is an ethnographic enquiry into three counter-conduct approaches: First, the attempt at disciplining the local state government through the adoption and deployment of certain technologies of citizenship, making individuals politically active and capable of self-governance Second, the desire for truth through the usage of Right to Information Act and the judicial inquiry against the misconducts of the state governments Third, counter-conduct activities through techniques of critique and self-examination to not only resist or evade the state, but also usher in new subjectivities and forms of governance An in-depth look at citizenship and state in contemporary Northeast India, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, governance, public policy, Northeast Studies, and South Asia studies.

The Unquiet Valley

The Unquiet Valley
Author: N. Lokendra
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788170996965

Burning Bright Irom Sharmila

Burning Bright Irom Sharmila
Author: Deepti Priya Mehrotra
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2009-07-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 8184751532

Irom Sharmila has been on a fast unto death for eight years, demanding a repeal of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Manipur. Ten innocent people were mowed down by security forces in Malom, a village near Imphal, in November 2000. The perpetrators were not punished, protected under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act which empowers military and para-military personnel to arrest, shoot, even kill, anyone on the grounds of mere suspicion. In response to this tragedy—one among many such atrocities—Irom Sharmila, a young Manipuri, began an indefinite hunger strike. The government arrested her and force-fed her through nasal tubes. She has been released and re-arrested innumerable times since then, but has stood by her demand, steadfastly refusing to eat until the Act is repealed. Burning Bright is a hard-hitting account of a people caught between the crossfire of militants and security forces; of a once- sovereign kingdom whose culture has been brutally violated; of the many voices of dissent— from underground groups to the Meira Paibis, a women’s movement opposed to all forms of violence whether by the state or insurgents and a moving portrait of ‘the Iron Lady of Manipur’.

Manipur

Manipur
Author: Naorem Sanajaoba
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1993
Genre: Manipur (India)
ISBN: 9788170993995