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By Dr. Amarjeet Singh on Feb 19, 2014

Ethnic Groups in Conflict in India’s Manipur

Abstract The political aspirations of Manipur’s main ethnic groups: Kukis, Meiteis, and Nagas, are at loggerheads over the political future of Manipur. On one side, the Meiteis who live in the central low-lying plain want a country of Manipur with full sovereignty, and on the other, both Nagas and Kukis, who live in the hills surrounding the plain, are in favor of the reorganization of Manipur into...

By Juvaria Jafri on Feb 19, 2014

Sustainable Practices in Urban Transport: Avoiding, Shifting, Improving in Karachi

Abstract Sustainable urban transport practices have economic, social, and environmental aspects. This paper emphasizes the social aspect of such practices arguing that conventional transport policy tends to overlook equity and social justice concerns. The ASI paradigm is used here to highlight those practices that are people centered and inclusive as they are targeted for those who do not own...

By Zachary Bushnell on Feb 19, 2014

Special Marriage Act

In which is why we got Married by a Place People are born in Places. Places consist mostly of the People born in them. Different Places have different rules concerning their People. Those rules are different again from those concerning People from other Places — e.g. I was born in That Place, but I live in This Place: my capabilities in This Place are far less than those of a Person born here....

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Ethnic Groups in Conflict in India’s Manipur

Posted by Dr. Amarjeet Singh on 2-19-14

Sustainable Practices in Urban Transport: Avoiding, Shifting, Improving in Karachi

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Special Marriage Act

Posted by Zachary Bushnell on 2-19-14

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