India, Oct. 21 -- In any part of the world, three years would appear to be a reasonable time frame for a local government to tamp down on internal violence. Not in Manipur. Violence that began in the summer of 2023, killed at least 320 people and displaced another 60,000, only continues to spiral. It has now engulfed every community in the state, virtually balkanised the province into communal enclaves separated by tense proto-borders, and underlined that the new state government is still struggling to get a handle on law and order. In a terrifying turn, the original trigger for the violence - a clash between the Meiteis and Kukis - appears to have resurfaced, with the killing of three people collecting firewood at a contentious district ...