For forces seeking political separation or administrative fragmentation, prolonged instability strengthens the argument that coexistence has irreversibly collapsed.
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The sixth extension of the Manipur violence inquiry commission raises serious questions about delayed accountability, institutional credibility, and whether justice and truth for victims are being indefinitely postponed amid continuing public distrust and deepening social fractures.
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Between April and May 2026, every major peace mission launched by the Manipur government was followed within 24 to 48 hours by a sophisticated armed attack. The pattern is too consistent to be coincidental — and too consequential to go unnamed.
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The people of Kamjong and the wider Northeast are left to wonder why the "Sindoor spirit"—the commitment to protecting every inch of Indian soil with "ruthless" resolve—seems to dissipate when the threat comes from the Chin Hills instead of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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When institutions fail and grievances go unheard, people turn to civil society. Not because it holds power, but because it has earned trust. That trust, however, is not permanent — and some will work hard to destroy it.
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A child does not understand why her eyes will not stop streaming, why the sound split through her sleep, or why her mother is pulling her under a wet cloth in the dark. She understands only one thing: that her home is no longer safe. And that understanding, once formed, does not easily leave.
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When a conflict endures this long under the watch of both state and central authority, it ceases to be defined only by its origins. It begins to be defined by the response to it.
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