Ground Zero | Along the Indian-Myanmar border, living in a limbo

Ground Zero | Along the Indian-Myanmar border, living in a limbo

Soon after the Tatmadaw, or Myanmar’s military, seized power in a coup d’etat in February 2021 by displacing the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government, Sumi, 18, fled the country. She crossed the border into India and finally secured a job in Treasury Square, the administrative hub of Aizawl, Mizoram’s capital. Sumi was not too … Read more

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Mizoram’s apex student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Centre’s decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR). In the letter sent through State Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, the MZP expressed … Read more