Chitra Ahanthem
Chitra Ahanthem, based in Imphal, is mostly in identity crisis mode. She is not a journalist but has been writing for the Imphal Free Press since 2000
Sports, drama and a blast
By Chitra Ahanthem
This week saw two major incidents: one was literally a loud blast in our own backyard `“ the bomb blast at MG...
On reading and books
By Chitra Ahanthem
Lately, there is this ‘tag friends with your list of 10 books that have deeply influenced you’ going about on a social...
Notes on writing
By: Chitra Ahanthem
There have been various instances when people have tried to nudge towards writing on an array of subjects. This outgoing week, one...
The media files
The media files
By Chitra Ahanthem
The IFP Saturday edition’s photo, showing a bloodied hand and a shining if not sparkling gun held as ‘proof’ of...
Passport to inconvenience!
Passport to inconvenience!
Chitra Ahanthem
By an unexpected play of fate, which took me out of the country recently, I was able to apply for my...
Decoding Highway 39
By Chitra Ahanthem
Sudeep Chakravarti’s ‘Highway 39: journeys through a fractured land’ published by Harper Collins (388 pages, Rs 450) was a much anticipated book...
That chip on the shoulder?
By Chitra Ahanthem
Having missed out on so many Sunday pages of Imphal Free Press, it sure is a relief to be able to write...
Dear Electricity Department: Please Shed Some Light!
By Chitra Ahanthem
Today’s FOOTNOTES is a first ever: it is an open letter and entreaty to the Electricity Department, it is an elegy to...
Dear Electricity Department: Please shed some light!
BY Chitra Ahanthem
Today’s FOOTNOTES is a first ever: it is an open letter and entreaty to the Electricity Department, it is an elegy to...
A B`day note for E-pao
BY Chitra Ahanthem
That Manipur has a generation of people living outside of the state and establishing themselves in their respective sphere of work is...
As the Year Ends…
By Chitra Ahanthem
Well!FOOTNOTES has missed its Sunday date with the IFP page for two consecutive Sundays now. The first Sunday space was made up...
Festivals and a lesson in faith
What an eventful week it has been! The festive air hanging over Imphal is unbelievable and a casual onlooker who is not too familiar...
Mobile Hassles and Harassments
By Chitra Ahanthem
Some time ago, there was a string of funny SMS jokes sent to my number from an unidentified number. The jokes were...
Blockade Notes
By Chitra Ahanthem
Let us start from the beginning of it all. It is not going to matter how long the highways are blockaded really....