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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Thinking of selling your products on Amazon? Read a step by step guide

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, Earth’s best employer, and Earth’s safest place to work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalised recommendations, Prime, Fulfilment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon.

Amazon’s mission is to make customers' lives better and easier every day by relentlessly inventing on their behalf. They work to provide a broad selection, value, and convenience across a range of customer experiences, including online shopping, cloud computing, streaming entertainment, consumer electronic devices, advertising, healthcare, AI services, and more.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Safeguarding Custom and Community — Why Mizoram’s Amendment Matters

The Mizoram Legislative Assembly’s unanimous passage of the Mizo Marriage and Inheritance of Property (Amendment) Bill, 2026 represents a decisive and thoughtful effort to safeguard the integrity of Mizo customary law in a rapidly changing social landscape. Far from being a regressive move, the amendment reflects a conscious attempt by the state to preserve its cultural foundations, protect community identity, and clarify the application of customary practices for future generations.

Monday, February 23, 2026

Remembering Vungzagin Valte with a Lesson Learnt

The passing of Vungzagin Valte on 21 February 2026 marks not only the end of a political life but the closing of a turbulent chapter in Manipur’s recent history. His journey - from a representative of the hill people to a victim of brutal violence during one of the state’s darkest periods - has become emblematic of both the fragility and the resilience of democracy in conflict-ridden societies.

Valte was more than a legislator. As Minister for Tribal Affairs & Hills, he carried the aspirations of marginalized communities whose concerns have long revolved around identity, land, autonomy, and equitable development. In a state marked by ethnic complexity and historical grievances, his portfolio was not merely administrative - it was deeply political and profoundly sensitive.

Thursday, February 19, 2026

February 20 - Zomi Nam Ni vis-à-vis Chin National Day: An Academic Note


Introduction

Zomi Nam Ni and Chin National Day are two commemorative observances rooted in the shared historical and ethnocultural heritage of the Zo/Chin peoples inhabiting present-day Northeast India, Chin State of Myanmar, and adjoining regions. Although they emerge from the same ethnolinguistic family, their historical trajectories, political meanings, and commemorative emphases differ. This note situates the two observances within broader Zo/Chin historiography, identity formation, and nationalist discourse.

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Which Indian Constitutional Provision is Best for the Kuki-Zo Community?

India’s Constitution was designed not only to govern a nation, but to accommodate its vast diversity—ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and territorial. Nowhere is this diversity more complex than in the Northeast, where communities have historically preserved distinct identities, customary governance systems, and ancestral land relationships. Within this mosaic, the Kuki-Zo community occupies a unique socio-political and geographical space, spread across hill regions and shaped by long historif migration, conflict, and resilience.

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