What is happening?

 At least 130 people have been killed and 400 wounded in violence that began in May.  More than 60,000 have been forced from their homes as the army, paramilitary forces and police struggle to quell violence.

  Police armories have been looted, hundreds of churches and more than a dozen temples ruined, and villages destroyed.

 How did it start?

 Tensions boiled over when minority people began protesting against demands from the majority of people to be given official tribal status,  which the minority people argued would strengthen their already strong influence on government and society,  allowing them to buy land or settle in predominantly minority people areas.

 But there are myriad underlying reasons.  The minority people say a war on drugs waged by the majority of  people,  government, is a screen to uproot their communities.

 Illegal migration from Myanmar has heightened tensions.  There is pressure on land use from a growing population, and unemployment has pushed youth towards the various militias.

 Who is fighting whom?

  Majority of people,  minority people and Nāga militias have for decades fought one another over conflicting homeland demands and religious differences,  and all sides have clashed with India's security forces.  The latest flare-up,  however,  is almost entirely between the majority people and the minority people.

 This time, the conflict is strictly rooted in ethnicity, not religion.

 Who are the majority people and minority people?

 The majority of  people have roots in Manipur,  Myanmar and surrounding areas.  The vast majority are Hindu, although some follow the one type of religion. The minority people,  mostly Christian,  have spread across the north-east of India,  and many of those in Manipur can trace their roots back to Myanmar too.

 Majority of people live in the Impale valley,  while the minority people live in the surrounding hills and beyond.

 Why are women being attacked and humiliated?

         The attack in May came after fake reports a majority of people woman had been raped by minority people militiamen. This unleashed  "a new,  deadly cycle of reprisal violence on minority people tribal women allegedly by majority people mobs",  The Print says

What is the central government doing?

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had remained silent on the violence in Manipur, up until the video of the 4 May attack emerged this week.  He said the incident had "shamed India" and that "no guilty will be spared... what happened with the daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven".

  But many Indians are asking why it has taken so long for him to comment publicly on Worst.

 The Indian government has deployed 40,000 soldiers, paramilitary troops and police to the region in an attempt to stem the latest round of violence. So far, it has resisted calls from tribal leaders to impose direct rule.

 But the violence continues to spread and force more villagers from their homes.

 Who runs Manipur?

 Mr Mode's Bharat Jana ta Party, which governs India, also runs the state government in Manipur, led by N Brien Singh, a majority of people.

 The majority people also control 40 of the regional parliament's 60 seats, despite totaling 53% of the population. The minority people say that Mr Singh's recent war on the cultivation of poppy for the heroin trade targeted minority people areas. 

 Mr Singh's government accused minority people  insurgent groups of inciting the community.