Dr. Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Dr Irengbam Mohendra was born at Uripok in Imphal, to Irengbam Gulamjat Singh and Irengbam’O Mani Devi. Educated in Imphal, Darjeeling, Bombay and Nainital,he qualified as a doctor from Agra in 1962. After training in Delhi Hospitals and a stint in Imphal, he left for the UK, where he settled. Married with Margaret, they have a daughter Anita and a son Neil.
He can be reached at imsingh[at]onetel[dot]com
Friday the 13th Superstition & Phobia
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Before I begin this article I would like to thank ONGBI NONG who wrote: Sir, I regularly read your column,...
Coincidence – Thoudok Mannaba
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
I have recently received an Email from PARAS SHARMA from Guwahati. It reads: “Sir, with respect and lots of love …...
From P.O. Imphal TO Imphal City
The world is full of secret and unknown places. For example: the Vatican Secret Archives have recently been estimated to contain 52 miles (84...
A Meitei boy’s prayer – A waste of time
In the slipstream of my experience the concept of prayer is a reverent petition to God – the God in all caps – the...
Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
This is an article I wrote 4 years ago after reading an article of the same title in The Times...
Democracy in Britain face to face in Manipur
I have recently received an email from RONGMEI RINGAM from Manipur, who wrote: “I enjoy reading your articles, may God bless you abundantly …...
Meiteis should be ready to weather the tribal tempest forever
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Below is an email letter from one Mr Haokip (22nd August 2011). It explains all.
SIR,
Thanks for replying. i would also...
Meitei Ancestor Worship (APOKPA KHURUMBA)
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Manipur, many thousands of years ago was a distant cold country near India surrounded by hill ranges. It is in...
OBFUSCATION OF SADAR HILL ENTANGLEMENT
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Karl Marx (German political philosopher and revolutionary, 1818-1883) said History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ...
One does...
HOW DID MANIPUR COME UP FROM UNDER WATER?
By:Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
There is some archaeological evidence that the valley of Manipur was once filled with water. The Meitei Puya also mentions that...
ARE THE MEITEI GETTING A SHORT SHRIFT FROM THEIR TRIBAL BROTHERS?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Of course, they are. A crying baby gets more milk. With the free infant formula milk from New Delhi, the...
The origin of the Meitei language
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
The origin of languages is baffling for the biologists as spoken languages do not leave any fossil records. So is...
How did the African apes change into Meitei features?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra singh
A mega drought occurred in Africa 5 million years ago and that forced evolutionary change on the apes, ancestral to...
Meitei Narcissism
By:Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
In the anthropological doctrine, to understand Meitei national character is to study their “bellicose trait”; that is, how it affects...