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Patricia Mukhim is Editor, The Shillong Times published since 1945 from Meghalaya’s capital of Shillong. She has been a long-standing columnist having written articles since 1987 on issues of India’s North East - a region comprising seven states which is very little understood outside of itself. Before taking on the mantle of editorship in 2008, Patricia has been a gender activist and authored a book – “Waiting for an Equal World,” which looks at gender relations in India’s North East. Patricia demystifies the myth that women enjoy a charmed life in matrilineal Meghalaya - a much romanticized notion. Amongst the many awards she has been conferred are the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding women media person in 1996 and the Padmashri in 2000.

Manipur’s summer of discontent

Patricia Mukhim
It's been over 40 days since the first volley of trouble raged in Manipur on May 3 last. That there is complete mishandling of the situation is evident to the discerning eye. In normal circumstances such an internal crisis in any state with…