| Manipur right now is a horror show. The northeastern state has been consumed by a civil war between the dominant Meiteis and the tribal Kukis since early May that has left nearly 150 dead, 60,000 displaced and entire villages in ashes. It’s a fiendish conflict as the world found out this week when a video emerged of a brutal sexual assault on Kuki women. They had been caught while running from a Meitei mob torching Kuki villages, stripped naked and paraded. One of them, 21 years old, was gangraped and her father and brother murdered. For a Scroll reader, that video may have been shocking, of course, but not really surprising. That’s because ever since the conflict began, we have covered it exhaustively and showed how dastardly it is. Over a month ago, for example, when much of the media had scant attention to pay to the conflict, we were on the ground reporting how the ethnic clash had slipped into a civil war. Our reporting on Manipur is a reflection of our commitment to cover underreported stories from underreported regions – fairly, incisively, independently. If you find our journalism meaningful and in public interest, support our work so we can do more of it. Sign up now if you are not a Scroll Member already. Upgrade your Membership if you are. Support Free & Independent Journalism scroll.in Sample our coverage: In three separate incidents in May, the four women were attacked by gangs who said they were taking revenge for violence against their community. scroll.in One of them, a 21-year-old woman, was ‘brutally gang raped’, a police complaint says. The police confirm an FIR has been filed. scroll.in In the valley, Kukis allege the state government and the police abetted Meitei mobs. Meiteis in the hills accuse the Centre of going soft on Kuki m... scroll.in While it is difficult to ascribe the violence to one particular cause, Biren Singh’s ‘war on drugs’ had undoubtedly widened ethnic fault lines in t... scroll.in A ‘partition’ is all-pervasive in the strife-torn state. scroll.in He was being taken to the hospital after having been hit by a stray bullet splinter. scroll.in The community of around 3 lakh people has been at the receiving end of violence by both Meitei and Kuki mobs. scroll.in ‘Some sections of Meitei people have started to regard him as a Meitei king who is protecting them at any cost.’ scroll.in The headmen of some neighbourhoods have discouraged or explicitly forbidden home-owners from letting out houses to the ‘outsiders’. scroll.in Voices of support for the Kuki people from Manipur’s neighbourhood are being closely watched in a state that has been bitterly divided by ethnic clashes. scroll.in Thousands across the state rely on the internet for their livelihoods. The blackout has pushed them to the brink. scroll.in There have been several other instances in the last couple of weeks where members of the community have been subject to legal action for their comments. scroll.in There have been several accounts of people from both Meitei and Kuki communities coming to each other’s rescue, sometimes putting their own lives at risk. scroll.in Support Free & Independent Journalism scroll.in See this post on web | 