Ethnic conflict drags on in Manipur in India’s north-east
An eerie calm follows an especially bloody phase, but yields no hint of a solution
MANIPUR IS A state of fertile valleys and lush green hills on the border with Myanmar in India’s north-east, and home to some 3m people. For the past two months it has also been the site of a deadly and uncompromising flare-up in one of Asia’s longest-running ethnic conflicts. Though violence is currently subsiding, there seems to be little political will to resolve the underlying conflict, which could boil over again at any time.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The need to close Pandora’s box”
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