Face: An Indelible Scar
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Face: An Indelible Scar

Look at him; really look at him and see how he was not merely mocked but systematically unmade. A horrific scar, the brutal signature of a wooden blow, carved a path of agony from his left cheek to his right, a permanent brand of malice left by those who saw his humanity as a playground for their cruelty.
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My First Visit to Press
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My First Visit to Press

It was a remarkably fine morning on the 25th of January, 2014. A cool, refreshing air lingered beneath the sky and moved softly through the trees as we gathered at the Shivaji Nagar Bus Terminal in Bangalore. We were second-year Journalism (JPS) students from St. Joseph’s Evening College,
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Kuki is Not Our Identity
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Kuki is Not Our Identity

The attempt to legally mandate the term "Kuki Political Groups" is a blatant overreach that ignores the historical reality that identity can neither be asserted nor inserted by decree. For those of us who read colonial history, it is clear that "Kuki" is often a label of convenience used by outsiders
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Hiroshima leh Nagasaki
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Hiroshima leh Nagasaki

I mihin pihte' itt diing. Zahtak ding, poimawhna piak ding, khamuanna/galmuanna piak ding chihte khawng mangngilh louh diing ahi, Khovel ah Ki-itna mah zaw thupi pen eive maw! Itna in bangbang huam hiam cih ei-le-ei kidong ni. Abik in Gam leh Gam kidounate bang ziak a om om ahi diam? Mimaltak a I mihinpihte it kichi chi sek ngal hanga, koi a bangchi dana gamdangte Sim utna hongpiang ahi diing?
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