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Sangmuan Hangsing

Manipur, New Delhi
As seen in: The Indian Express, Flipboard, Outlook (India), The Hindu, The Quint, Scroll.in, The Diplomat Magazine, The Wire (India), ThePrint, The Week (India) and
Covers:  I cover topics related to borderland studies, development policies in Northeast India, indigenous rights, governance, minority issues, regional politics, the Act East Policy, and inclusive development
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Sangmuan Hangsing is a Master’s in Public Policy Student at the Kautilya School of Public Policy, specializing in borderland studies and development policies in Northeast India.

Hailing from Manipur, a border state adjoining Myanmar, Sangmuan brings firsthand insights into the challenges faced by marginalized indigenous communities. Growing up in a working-class family under majoritarian dominance, he developed a unique perspective on governance, power dynamics, and minority rights, combining l…

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Beyond Naypyidaw: India's Myanmar Policy Needs a Borderlands Strategy

Beyond Naypyidaw: India's Myanmar Policy Needs a Borderlands Strategy

India's Myanmar policy must move beyond Naypyidaw: fragmented authority across the borderlands now determines…

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From borderland to India’s strategic resource frontier

From borderland to India’s strategic resource frontier

As India's search for critical minerals intensifies, Northeast India is increasingly entering national strate…

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How Manipur's prolonged conflict is reshaping communities

How Manipur's prolonged conflict is reshaping communities

Manipur violence is expanding, with the killing of church leaders highlighting a wider pattern of Kuki and Na…

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India-Vietnam Relations and the Uneven Geography of Act East

India-Vietnam Relations and the Uneven Geography of Act East

India-Vietnam relations are entering a phase where strategic convergence is moving faster than the geography …

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An impossible fight: Why peace in Manipur keeps losing ground

An impossible fight: Why peace in Manipur keeps losing ground

The killing of three church leaders in Manipur last week generated grief across communities already exhausted…

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Book Review | Zoramthanga's Memoir Stays With The Insurgency And Leaves The Peace At A Distance |...

Book Review | Zoramthanga's Memoir Stays With The Insurgency And Leaves The Peace At A Distance |...

'From Guerrilla Fighter to Chief Minister', published by Penguin Random House in 2026, is written by the form…

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Opinion In Manipur, the roads we no longer take

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By Sangmuan Hangsing
| The Indian Express Verified
When violence first erupted, most people assumed that the arrangements created in response to it would remain temporary. Communities retreated into areas where they felt secure, and movement became more difficult. Security forces were deployed across large parts of the state. Institutions struggled to function normally. The expectation was that these disruptions, however severe, would eventually recede.
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Beyond Naypyidaw: India's Myanmar Policy Needs a Borderlands Strategy

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By Sangmuan Hangsing
| Observer Research Foundation
Min Aung Hlaing's recent visit to New Delhi came at a politically significant moment for Myanmar’s military leadership. More than five years after the 2021 coup, Naypyidaw has sought to project a degree of political normalisation through elections, institutional restructuring, and renewed diplomatic engagement with regional partners.
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Beyond Min Aung Hlaing: Why India's Myanmar Policy Needs a Borderlands Strategy

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By Sangmuan Hangsing
| Observer Research Foundation
Min Aung Hlaing's recent visit to New Delhi came at a politically significant moment for Myanmar’s military leadership. More than five years after the 2021 coup, Naypyidaw has sought to project a degree of political normalisation through elections, institutional restructuring, and renewed diplomatic engagement with regional partners.
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G. Sampath

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Why did you become a journalist?

To provide comprehensive insider views of the Northeast from my phenomenological and everyday lived experiences of the sovereign as minorities in India and the analytical observations of the regime of governance.