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Manipuri is a classical language

Free Thinker What is the oldest language in the world? Historians remain inconclusive and indifferent because of fragile and conflicting evidences. However, we can mention some...

Observation of World Health Day

Prof N Heramani Singh Background: The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7th April, under the sponsorship of the...

Battle of Kanglatongbi rememberance day observed

Like every year, members of Imphal Campaign Foundation WW2 paid floral tributes along with few minutes of silence in remembrance to the martyrs of...

Appointment of an IAS officer as Director, RIMS —What to do now?—

Dr Khomdon Lisam I am quite surprised when a news headline entitled “Ministry na thamlakliba thajaba adumak thabakta onthokkani : R K Dinesh “ appeared...

Manipur matters – Climate Change:

Can we talk climate change in Manipur? Is it relevant yet? Or are we still too bothered about our geographical boundaries? It is rather mind boggling...

Assam, the pride of Northeast and its river festival

Kamal Baruah Assam is the gateway to the north east. It is a land of multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious society. Surely it has enormous potential...

Handicrafts of the Zeliangrong: Their cultural significance – Part 2

Dr Budha Kamei From previous issue As mentioned above, the purpose for which the splints are put into is also taken into account. Because the sizes...

Revitalizing the deteriorated state of Manipur: The task ahead for CM Biren and his...

ZK Pahrii Pou Deteriorated state of Manipur: With the arrival of new leaders in the newly formed state government, the people of Manipur look forward...

Handicrafts of the Zeliangrong: Their cultural significance – Part 1

Dr Budha Kamei “As arts and beauty go together, a home without art cannot be the abode of beauty. Without beauty there cannot be truth...

With Demonetisation 2016 yet to deliver clear-cut benefits, what next?

C Rammanohar Reddy One of the central arguments in this book is that whichever way one looks at it, Demonetisation 2016 was not a good...

A note on Cheiraoba as practiced by Meitei Hindus

Hareshwar Goshwami Meitei Hindus of Manipur and others elsewhere in the world observe New Year or Cheiraoba every year sometime in mid April when the...

Career prospect in Physics

Ranjan K Baruah The dictionary definition of physics is “the study of matter, energy, and the interaction between them”, but what that really means is...

Climate change and conflict: Manipuri women are fighting a war for survival on two...

Rucha Chitnis Lalzamien observed that the rains had become capricious. The farmer from Churachandpur district of Manipur reminisced about ai-ruo, the November rain that brings...

The Framework Agreement – A ticking time bomb?

Samarjit Kambam It’s true. Manipur, the small daughter state of India has been decapitated bit by bit, just like an animal in a slaughterhouse. Firstly,...