Monthly Archives: October 2011
Communal, Corrupt and Criminal: New Picture of Manipuris
By Amar Yumnam
In this column last week, I had sung a feeble song of the competitive spirit of the Meeteis and the relative sharpening...
Failure Of Manipur: Its Impact On Nagaland
By Ngul Min Thang
Manipur, one of the seven North-Eastern states is home to three major communities , The Meiteis of the Valley and The...
Govt`s Profound Absence
The atrocious blockade along Manipur’s national highways has entered 65 days. The affront, it seems has now crossed the threshold of indifference of even...
Living with Blockades
In football, the expected etiquette when a player is injured and on the ground, whichever team is in possession of the ball kicks the...
Shameful Policing
The escape of an important underground leader from Porompat police custody yesterday, proves two things: one the incompetence of the police and two the...
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
Steve Job died yesterday. With him died one of the greatest visionaries who changed the lifestyle of the modern world. Indeed, he was the...
Is our law enforcing programme valid?
Leader writer: Leivon Jimmy
The law and order system in the state apparently is becoming an endless ‘Drama’ often shrouded with mysterious and odd incidents,...
Two Nations
The poverty standard earlier set by the Government of India which puts anybody who is capable of spending Rs. 32 a day above the...
Myanmar Changing
Is Myanmar on the way for a transition to democratic ways? It is already a democracy by textbook definition as it now has an...
Power Starved
Reams of newsprint must have been spent in writing of the pathetic power situation in Manipur. Even a public interest litigation, PIL, had been...
Democracy or Mobocracy
The ease with which agitators resorting to disruptive or violent methods of protest refer to their acts as democratic needs severe scrutiny. Can democracy...
Death Trivialised
The killing of a militant leader two days ago, not long after his atrocious escape from police custody bring out yet another general attitude...
A Green Legacy for tomorrow
Leader Writer : Paojel Chaoba
The general outlook of the public perceives a brand new car as a status symbol, a must have if one...
Creative Loneliness
Much has been written about the likeness of the movie version of Superman to Jesus Christ. Superman is an alien from the destroyed planet...