The Role of Women in Manipur
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Page : 108 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2012
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Page : 108 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2012
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Author : Tingneichong G. Kipgen
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 2010
Category : India
ISBN : 9788178358031
Author : Thokchom Binarani Devi
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9788180697791
Author : Manjusri Chaki-Sircar
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Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Social Science
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Author : G. K. Ghosh
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788170248972
Author : Teresa Rehman
Publisher : Zubaan Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,20 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789384757762
July 15, 2004: An amazing scene unfolds in front of the Kangla Fort in Manipur, the headquarters of the Assam Rifles, a unit of the Indian army. Soldiers and officers watch aghast as twelve women, all in their sixties and seventies, position themselves in front of the gates and then, one by one, strip themselves naked. The imas, the mothers of Manipur, are in a cold fury, protesting the custodial rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, a 32-year-old woman, alleged by the army to be a militant. The women hold aloft banners that shout, 'Indian Army Rape Us', 'Take Our Flesh'. Never has this happened before: the army is appalled. Hundreds of thousands of people around the country, watching the drama unfold, are shocked. Can this be possible? A naked protest in India? By mothers? The imas of Manipur are known to be strong, self-sufficient. It is they who by and large run the economy of the state; here, though, they are doing something different. Manorama's death is the trigger for their renewed protest against the Draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958, which is used with impunity in the state and excuses all sorts of army excesses. Manipur has witnessed several decades of low-intensity war with more than twenty militant outfits operating in the state. In this unusual book, journalist Teresa Rehman, tells the story of the twelve women, of how they took the momentous decision - in some cases unknown to their families - and how they carried it out with precision and care. The story of the mothers of Manipur reflects the larger history of the conflict-torn state and of the courage and resistance of the people in the face of overwhelming odds.
Author : Jyotsna Chatterji
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Law
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Contributed articles of a seminar organized by the Joint Women's Programme.
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Release : 2023
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ISBN : 9789354919077
Author : Indira J. Parikh
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Page : 113 pages
File Size : 30,81 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788120405974
Author : Thingnam Anjulika Samom, (ed.)
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9385932977
Manipur has a rich tradition of folk and oral narratives, as well as written texts dating from as early as in 8th Century AD. It was however only in the second half of the twentieth century that women began writing and publishing their works. Today, women’s writing forms a vibrant part of Manipuri literature, and their voices are amplified through their coming together as an all-woman literary group. Put together in discussions and workshops by Thingnam Anjulika Samom, Crafting the Word captures a region steeped in conservative patriarchy and at the centre of an armed conflict. It is also a place, however, where women’s activism has been at the forefront of peace-making and where their contributions in informal commerce and trade hold together the economy of daily life.