Khundrakpam Ranson

Yesterday, I saw ex-CM Biren in my dream. We were talking until one of his true admirer from my village pushed me away thinking the likes of me shouldn't talk to him. I also pushed him away. Then I woke up.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

#Manipur is witnessing violence again. Civilians being kidnapped, people being killed. Armed conflict ramping up. Strains between Kuki and Naga groups are bringing the state to a violent edge again. This is subsequent to BJP cutting a deal again with some in the Kuki leaderships to claw back power in the state at the cost of a more durable social and political settlement. BJP's political settlement, with unverified claims that the Union government will provide some kind of autonomy to Kuki Zo-dominated territories is likely to have caused the building of Kuki-Naga group strains. Claims of identity-based homelands in Manipur have always overlapped and have required a more dexterous Union gov't to establish a 'durable disorder', as Dr Sanjib Baruah put it. It is not the first time that a party in power in Centre has used the State's resources to bring itself to power in a northeastern state. But the current BJP as the govt and the party seems to have not found the dexterity and sagacity needed to stitch even such superficial political settlements in Manipur. Citizens of Manipur will continue to pay the cost for this, with their lives and livelihoods, if the Union gov't does not act to arrange a political and social truce, without preconditioning it to fit BJP's political ambitions. Mainland India's media-mounted public persons, from right and left, who had largely wrongly portrayed the conflict in Manipur earlier are now mostly silent or mealy-mouthed because the emerging 'story' does not fit the need of their politics. I say this often. The 'story' of Manipur is the 'story' of the hypocrisy, ignorance, structural racism and callousness collectively of the State, of those in power, the powerful and the influential in mainland India's public spaces. It requires us to look more closely at how Indian democracy has dealt with and continues to deal with the region and its citizens.

Attention to the IR students 👇 Professor John J. Mearsheimer summarizes three of the most famous theories in International Relations in just five minutes — and explains who ultimately wins: -End of History — Fukuyama -Clash of Civilizations — Huntington -Great Power Politics — Mearsheimer youtu.be/8r_NU-1oUUU?si…

War? "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"

The Epstein files shows among other things that Epstein was running a giant honey trap operation to blackmail powerful politicians & corporates, with CCTV cameras in his plane & residences. It is also clear that he was very close to Israel & probably passed over the relevant videos & photos to Israel. Israel seems to be in a position to blackmail Trump, just as Trump seems to be in a position to blackmail Modi. Global geopolitics seems to be running on blackmail!

@jacksonhinklle What is happening in Israel right now is that people are on the streets protesting. Attacking Iran may have caused regime change in Israel.

JUST IN: U.S. spent $5.3 BILLION on Iran War in just 6 days. ✅ $1 BILLION per day ✅ $41 MILLION per hour LIVE WAR COST TRACKER 👇

Many of us had warned this would happen — an attack on Iran would spark a regional war. In June 2025, Iran’s controlled escalation targeted only Israel in retaliation. This time, Iran has regionalised its retaliation, with two key objectives — inflict maximum damage on the U.S. and tell the frontline allies that American protection is nonexistent or futile during wars. Look at the region now. Three U.S. aircraft are down (apparently by “friendly fire”); Kuwait and Qatar bases were hit; Kuwait embassy was hit; the UAE is using all their interception powers to shoot down projectiles; so does the Saudis; Bahrain is hit; militias in Iraq target Erbil; Hezbollah opens a new front from southern Lebanon; Israel takes impacts every day — and this is happening despite repeated American Israeli bombing of Iran. Repeating: many of us had warned this would happen. But the war party was so confident and drunk in their own might that they would take a quick and decisive victory. Trump wanted to resuscitate something that’s dead — unipolarity. And now, he’s in a huge mess. He has to take the losses and keep fighting without clearly defined and attainable objectives. —If the war prolongs and if Iran survives, I won’t be surprised if the Russians send resupplies to Iran.

All these cult figures and leaders regardless of communities emerged during the conflict through the assertion of ethnic identities and culture won't stand long in the tide of neoliberalism and capitalism in the form of development projects. Solidarity, gone, they, bought off.

i wish good luck to the stranger. in such circumstances, may you be blessed always.

Got my wallet today. One SBI customer of GK-2 branch found it and requested the branch's staff to find me through the details of my debit card. Couldn't thank him in person. Owed him one in person. Much gratitude to the staffs of SBI GK2 Branch. @TheOfficialSBI @OfficialSBICare

lost my wallet on the way from nehru place to defence colony flyover, lajpat nagar, block c. No cash was there except some coins. But cards, documents, all were there. Kindly get back if anyone finds it. #lajpatnagar #nehruplace #Delhi #lostfound

@lientinsang Breaking the stereotype

I visited Faqir Chand Book Store in Khan Market and didn't click a single photo. 😎

I write on Muivah’s likely visit to Somdal. Thanks to Safiur Rehman of Ichel Express for publishing my commentary, especially after the suspected denial to publish it by a local newspaper in Imphal. ichelnewsnetwork.com/muivahs-homeco…

Any analysis by the progressive left eg. PUCL on Manipur violence without a much needed materialist reading of violence is ironic. thefrontiermanipur.com/pucl-report-on…

Israel cannot fight a war of attrition. Its theory of war has been shaped by quick victories. This is Israel's strength. This is also Israel's Achilles heel. When Israel bombed Iran, its primary objective was to destroy the nuclear facilities. But if I knew that Israel alone cannot destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, everyone knew it. So the plan was to go in, destroy diplomacy and drag the US in. The sub-objective was to derail the coherence of the Iranian state and push for state collapse. That's why Israel killed almost all of Iran's top chain of command. It wanted to blunt Iran's fire power, instil fear in its Generals and push for chaos in Tehran. It failed spectacularly as Iran's government recovered swiftly from the initial blow. I think Israel was prepared for a massive initial missile attack from Iran. But what Tehran did was to launch barrages of small numbers of missiles, overpowering and degrading Israel's air defence. If Israel wanted a quick victory, Iran was prepared to fight an aerial war of attrition. On Saturday, after the US joined the war, Israel sounded out to the Americans that they wanted to wrap up the war quickly. America was not involved in regime change. Israel alone cannot sustain a long war. Its air defences were running low. The airport remained largely shut. It was spending millions every day for offence and defence, besides suffering damage and destruction of infrastructure. Netanyahu said publicly that Israel would meet its war objectives quickly. Iran had earlier said that it would stop if Israel stopped. But after the American attack, during talks through the Qataris (the Qatar PM talked to the Iranians) Tehran said it would accept a ceasefire only after hitting American bases. On Monday night, Iran staged the attack at US bases in Qatar and Iraq. Apparently Iran had given prior info to Doha, which shared it with the Americans. Immediately after the Iranian attack, Trump signalled deescalation. Within hours he declared a ceasefire. This meant, both Israel and Iran had six hours to wrap up the war. Israel carried out massive air strikes in Iran. Tehran responded with at least six waves of ballistic missiles, which hit several places, including Beersheba, killing at least 4 and wounding more than 20. Trump was angry with Israel's strike. And he exploded when Israel sent warplanes again to Iran in retaliation for a missile attack in the morning. The US says it has destroyed Iran's nuclear facilities. But experts believe that at best the US has setback the nuclear programme. Even if the US has destroyed the nuclear facilities, as John Kerry said, you can't bomb the knownow out of the minds of the Iranians. The Iranian government has not just survived, it has consolidated support amid strong nationalist sentiments. When Saddam invaded Iraq in 1980, a year after the revolution, he and his backers thought the war could push the clergy out of power. Instead, the prolonged war allowed Khomeini to consolidate power at home. Israel's missile defence invincibility was broken. The claims by Israel and America that Iran's ballistic missiles were destroyed were ridiculed by the Iranians by launching deadly missile barrages towards Israel in the final hours. Netanyahu was insulted by Trump who ordered Israeli jets, on social media, to turn away -- they obliged, after carrying out a symbolic strike. Iran has lost generals, suffered civilian casualties and material destruction. Its nuclear programme has been set back. But it has survived to fight another day whereas Isarel, which faced the heaviest missile attack in its history, failed to meet any of its objectives. Future historians will look at the 12-Day War as the one that gave Isarel, the Goliath of the Middle East, a bloody nose. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

America so deindustrialized we don’t even manufacture our own consent

On the false narrative of the first Indian tricolor hoisted in Moirang. imphalreviews.in/the-false-narr…