The Government of India has permitted her journey only up to Assam, citing security concerns along the Manipur–Nagaland corridor

Will 26-year-old peace cyclist and transgender activist Malem Thongam be allowed to complete the most crucial and most dangerous stretch of her extraordinary 3,000-kilometre cycling mission from New Delhi to Imphal? This is the question Thongam faces as she arrives in Guwahati, having already pedaled an astonishing 1,953 kilometres across half a dozen states.

Thongam, who began her “Pilgrimage for Peace” from Delhi’s Qutub Minar on October 2, has cycled through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam, spreading a message of unity and healing for conflict-torn Manipur. At every halt, she has been greeted with overwhelming warmth and solidarity. But ahead of

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