THE GAZA GENOCIDE: SHILLONG BEARS WITNESS (PART 5)
The fifth installment in our Shillong 4 Gaza compilation is quite different from the other pieces in the series in that it uses allegory and speculative history to illustrate its point. Bhogtoram...
View ArticleTHE GAZA GENOCIDE: SHILLONG BEARS WITNESS (PART 4)
As the world celebrates a cease fire where Palestinians were forced to negotiate that bombs stopped raining down on them, that their children stopped being killed, that they be allowed to eat, drink,...
View ArticleRefusal – Indigenous opposition to Uranium in Meghalaya
On 28th October 2020, Kong Spelity Lyngdoh Langrin took her last breath. Local and national media ran headlines such as ‘Meghalaya woman who resisted uranium mining dies at 95’, ‘“Matriarch of...
View ArticleWe Demand A Permanent Moratorium On Uranium Mining
There seems to be no end to the attempt to have full-scale mining of Uranium in Meghalaya. Last year it was the purported letter issued by the North East Sunshine Trust (NEST) urging the Union...
View ArticleKa Mr bad Ms Meghalaya 2025: Ka Rynsan Ȋakob Pyni Dohksah Kaba Ar Phew
Ka Mr bad Ms Meghalaya ka dei ka lympung ȉakob pyni dohksah bad jingbhabriew ne jingwandur itynnad ka met ka phad. Ka dei ka rynsan ha kaba ki nongshong shnong jong ka Jylla kiba sngewtynnad ha ka...
View ArticleTo Be or Not to Be: Questioning Indigeneity
Indigenous Peoples On 9 August 2024, amid the wet summer in Meghalaya, I attended a conference held at St. Edmund’s College in Shillong – an event that marked International Day of the World’s...
View ArticleTributes to our Friend and Comrade, Tarun Bhartiya (1970-2025)
Tarun Bhartiya, 1970-2025 From Kong Wanpynhun You have always been there for the cause of the marginalized and voiceless.From the struggle to fight for the decent and living wage of the unorganized...
View ArticleKa Republic Day, HNLC bad Jingïakren Ïasuk
Ka jingïakren ïasuk hapdeng ka Sorkar India bad ki seng kieng atiar ka thañ shatei lammihngi ka Ri India, kum ka NSCN (IM), ULFA bad khamtam bad ka HynñiewtrepLiberation Council (HNLC), ka donkam ia...
View ArticleDoes Meghalaya State Anthem Discriminate Against the Jaintia People?
<This is first in a series of essays about the vexed question of language and Khasi ethnic identity. Is there one Khasi language? Will Khasi identity be weakened if multiplicity of tongues exist?...
View ArticleMeghalaya’s Economy: From Better to Best or Stuck at the Worst in India?
This collectively written explanatory note by KAM Meghalaya on the economic crisis of Meghalaya is being shared with the hope that the citizens engage actively in thinking about the economy of our...
View ArticleSanphew Snem Ka Jylla: Ngi Rakhe Їa Kata Ka Jingangnud
Ki don bun kum ma nga kiba la kha bun bnai hadien ba la plie ia ka Jylla Meghalaya ha ka 21 January 1972. Ngam shym kynmaw ban kylli na i mei (bam kwai ha dwar u Blei), kaei kaba i sngew ne pyrkhat...
View ArticleKi Jingbha Bad Jingeh Ba U Snem Thymmai Un Wanrah
“A! Blai Tre Kynrad kawa chadien map, kawa chakhmat-chaphrang їarap…Bad haduh kane ka sngi U Trai u la їarap ia ngi.” Ngan ym klet ia ka khubor Snem Thymmai jong I Rev B.D Pugh ha ki snem 1980 kaba i...
View ArticleKa Saiῆ Hima-Sima Ha Ka Jylla Meghalaya
“Nangta U Trai U Blei U buh ia u briew ha ka Kper Eden…ban sumar ia ka” (Jenesis 2:15) To ngin ring dur ba ka Kper Eden ka dei kawei ka Hima/Ri/Jylla kaba donkam ban synshar, ban bishar bad ban...
View ArticleKa Youth Sunday : Ka Lashai Kaba Jwat Їa Ki Samla Ka Jylla Meghalaya
Palat shiphew snem mynshuwa ngi їohsngew ia ka sur thylli kaba ong “acche din” lane ki sngi kiba bha ki la wan, pynban kiei kiei baroh ki kylla khongpong khongdeh. Ka jingim ka la nang jwat, nang...
View ArticleSan Snem Pura Ka Jingїaid Lynti Ka Sengbah Ki Nongdiemadan Ha Ka Jylla
Ki nongdiemadan wat la ki long ka kynhun kaba don ha trai duh jong ka pyrnon, pynban ki long ka kynhun kaba laitluid tam bad ki bun kiwei pat ki para nongshong shnong kiba kwah ban їoh lem ia ka kajuh...
View ArticleThe Dangerous Choices of Meghalaya’s Anti-Vaxxers
The 2’nd wave of the Pandemic swept through the country leaving a trail of destruction everywhere; it was evident even in our tiny state, how the wave has ravaged through many unfortunate households....
View ArticleHa Kane Ka KHLAM, Hato Phi Ioh Pisa Na Ka Sorkar? Wad Ia La Ka Kyrteng Hangne!
Paralok, Lyngba ka RTI ba wad ka seng TUR, ngi la ioh ia ka list kaba don ia ki kyrteng jong ki nongtrei-nongbylla sngi kiba ka Sorkar ka kam ba ka lah dep ai ia ka song jingiarap bad jingkyrshan pisa...
View ArticleTUR’S CRITIQUE OF THE MEGHALAYA RIGHT TO PUBLIC SERVICES ACT, 2020
Tweet The Meghalaya Govt. has passed The Meghalaya Right to Public Services Act 2020 without any pre-legislative consultation. The Preamble of this law states that it is “an Act to provide for the...
View ArticleWhat’s ‘Coking’, Mr. Conrad Sangma?
Tweet Let me leap-frog the unnecessary baloney and plunge straight into the point. But then again, before I do that, let me ‘walk’ you through a speech delivered by Meghalaya’s Head of the MDA...
View ArticleWhite Ink / Education Scam : A RTI Success Story from Meghalaya
Tweet The Meghalaya RTI series has a success story to report. On 27th June, the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge-sheet against Ampareen Lyngdoh, JD Sangma, and AL Lyngdoh for their...
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