Untitled by Lalnunsanga Ralte (poormanspoet)
The poem acknowledges how in wars, soldiers are glorified as heroes while on the other side they may be the villains and vice versa. The poet contrasts how the battlefield…
Poem of the week: Meek, Mizo Mute by Opa
The poem’s central argument is that virtues – Modesty, Kindness, Patience, Quietness – are not merely taught but weaponized as tools of social control.
Ruihhlo Ngaite Chunga Kan Chief Minister Thusawi Leh Dehumanization
Sawrkar hotu ber Chief Minister-in heti anga ruihhlo ngaite zavai pâwng dem (generalized) a, mi sual, khawtlang tana mi hnawksak tia, pâwng chil hlum mai pawh sawi mawi zawnga ṭawngkam…
Finding My Tongue
I have a newfound joy in returning to traditional Mizo wisdom, its modes of knowledge production and transmission, and my scholarship is spurred by the urgency of preserving them, not…
The Road That Refuses to End: On Power and (Tipper’s) Resistance
Power... prefers silence, or better, circulation. It wants things to move: goods, people, obedience. Movement is its theology. So when the tippers simply had enough and stopped, they interrupted this…
Lest We Forget – Reflections on Identity, History, and the Land
The challenge is to imagine history, culture, and memory beyond spectacle and beyond purely human-centered narratives. For indigenous cultures, identity has always been anchored in more-than-human relations, especially with the…
Religious Hypocrisy, Selective Empathy, and the Politics of Identity.
Love that stops at the borders of tribe, faith, skin-colour is no longer love. It is a mirror reflecting our smallest selves. Selective empathy has always threatened human solidarity, dividing…
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Untitled by Lalnunsanga Ralte (poormanspoet)
The poem acknowledges how in wars, soldiers are glorified as heroes while…
Poem of the week: Meek, Mizo Mute by Opa
The poem’s central argument is that virtues – Modesty, Kindness, Patience, Quietness…
Ruihhlo Ngaite Chunga Kan Chief Minister Thusawi Leh Dehumanization
Sawrkar hotu ber Chief Minister-in heti anga ruihhlo ngaite zavai pâwng dem…
The Road That Refuses to End: On Power and (Tipper’s) Resistance
Power... prefers silence, or better, circulation. It wants things to move: goods,…
Lest We Forget – Reflections on Identity, History, and the Land
The challenge is to imagine history, culture, and memory beyond spectacle and…
Religious Hypocrisy, Selective Empathy, and the Politics of Identity.
Love that stops at the borders of tribe, faith, skin-colour is no…
