evidence: Trouble in India’s northeastern state of Manipur started when Meiteis demanded they be allowed to buy land in the hills populated by Kukis, as well as a share of government jobs. (July 5) (AP video/Shonal Gangly) [...] Manipur is India’s unseen war – barely visible on the country’s countless TV news channels and newspapers, a conflict hidden behind the blanket shutdown of the internet that the government said was used to fuel the violence by spreading disinformation and rumors. The internet ban has severed communications in Manipur, locked out reporters and left the state’s 3.7 million people scrambling for a sliver of information. [...] Such concerns gave way to violence on May 3, when clashes first erupted in Manipur’s Churachandpur district and soon spread to other parts of the state as frenzy mobs attacked one village after another.