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2. Have no confusion. There is no greater lens than dharma to see the world. 
2. I call Assam the greatest casualty of Partition because the State was not even partitioned, did not have a demographic problem before this century, had high culture, great valor and no history of long Islamic rule.
2. The geography of Manipur is peculiar and explains its name. Almost ninety percent of Manipur’s land is hills. Only 10-15% is valley area, but this valley area is at the centre and is surrounded by hills from all sides – hence the name – Manipur – a gem at the centre. 
2. This is perhaps one of the most tragic stories in the annals of Hindu dharma and India in modern times, in which a 100% Hindu/ Buddhist/ pagan state became near Christian majority in a span of just 40 years, starting from 1970 only! 
2. The first ‘head hunters’ and dangerous ‘savages’ that the British encountered in the north-east were what the outside world called as the Nagas. The British had vested interests in tea-plantations of Assam and wanted to fortify Assam with ‘pacified hills’.
2. At the turn of the 20th century Mizoram was inhabited by Kuki-Chin tribes and the Indian part of it was called Lushai hills in British categorization. Most of these tribes followed natural religion which remained unnamed to outsiders but was a full fledged religion. 
2. In 1901 the proportion of Hindus + Sanmahis (natural dharmic religion of Manipur) constituted more than 96% of the population of Manipur with both the valley and hills having an overwhelming majority of non-Christians and non-Muslims.
2. The immediate trigger is the push against the illegal poppy plantations in Manipuri hills which are mostly inhabited by the #Kuki tribes who are angered at the government action.
2 of 16 It is funny to see how people believe Shri Amogh Lila Ji of ISKCON as an authority on Swami Vivekananda, but at the same time doubt Swami Ji for 'not being from a traditional sampradaya'.
2. Even then, Hindu rulers and sages kept trying to revive Hindu civilization and to save Hindu heritage by rebuilding Hindu temples. 
2. Temple legends, also called Sthala Puranas, have incorporated temple destruction and Islamic iconoclasm in their stories to inform the devotees about their enemies. 
2. When the British encountered Ayodhya, the local tradition was that it was the great king Vikramaditya of Ujjayini who had restored the glory of Ayodhya. But it is doubtful. 
2. Padma Shri Dr. Meenakshi Jain debunks this myth in her work ‘Rama and Ayodhya’. 
2. This is why he is called Pavan Putra. He is the deity guarding Prana.
2. And that Tibet would not negotiate with any other foreign powers. The Indian Army under the British would keep occupying the Chumbi valley. 
2. The British were increasingly vary of the Russians in Central Asia. By the beginning of 1903 they were almost convinced that the Dalai Lama and the Russian Tsar had a secret deal and thus Tibet would also soon be gobbled up by the Russian Empire.