UN Mission

By Brojen Thangjam “The world is not held together by force alone, but by the restraint of those who could use it.”  Vaclav Havel What Remains Between After years of writing through specific countries, a set of observations…

By Brojen Thangjam “We live amid ruins, but the ruins also live inside us.” Sinan Antoon – Iraqi Poet   The Call of Mesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers Two years in New York had left me worn down by UN bureaucracy, so when a…

By Brojen Thangjam “Empires come and go; we remain.” — Afghan saying Arrival in Afghanistan — A Different Kind of Encounter My association with Afghanistan began in 2013 with curiosity and caution in equal measure. After serving…

By Brojen Thangjam “We must remember, but we must not be consumed by memory.” Rwandan reflection Treasure - Quiet Resolve in a Broken Land When I first settled into my quarters inside the UN compound in Juba, I was assigned a…

By Brojen Thangjam “A nation is not built by slogans or flags, but by the daily sacrifices of its people.” John Garang   South Sudan: A New Flag Unfurls South Sudan became the world’s newest country on 9 July 2011, emerging…