Downfall of Congress party in Manipur and India
TK Haokip
The Congress Party has been ruling India for more than 57 years out of 70 years of Independence in 1947 and in Manipur...
What are the Terms of Reference of Negotiation between the GoM and the UNC?
Last Sunday, the United Naga Council (UNC) had called off the 139-day-long blockade of the state’s two national highways, after talks with representatives from...
A defeat foretold
No one doubts Irom Sharmila’s heroic resistance to AFSPA. But somewhere, she lost her bearings, confused moral strength with temporal power.
Watching Irom Chanu Sharmila...
Class 12 marks may decide your college but not your life
Birkarnelzelzit Thiyam
“Dream small to achieve big”
You might be in the category of those who are being teased for wearing unbranded cloths and wearing dirty...
Why is corruption a part and parcel in our society?
Moichingmayum Mustaque Alish Aijaja
The history of corruption is deep rooted. Now it is a shame that despite fifty years of independence India figures at...
Eco blockade: Politics wins, common man loses
Ajay Sharma
The economic blockade in Manipur this year has exceeded the 120 days record of 2012, something that seems to have become a ‘way...
Drinking bottled mineral water culture in Manipur
N Irabanta Singh
Introduction :
Potability of water depends on its various quantities such as its physical, chemical and bacteriological aspects. The quality of water is...
Manipur Vision 2030
By Dr. Bishwanjit Loitongbam
As per instruction of India’s PM Narendra Modi, NITI Aayog aims to triple India’s GDP by 2032. Underpinning this initiative, annual...
Manipur Elections 2017: The Parties and the Lessons
By Amar Yumnam
Manipur has just experienced the most significant Elections of this century. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century and till the 2012...
Know your test: Uric acid
Dr David Howdijam (MD)
Uric acid is a natural substance produced in our body which has both good and bad side effects. Under normal concentrations,...
Why Manipur’s Holi is the best in India
'For us, North Indians, who are habitual late comers and lackadaisical in our temple attire; who go to temples in jeans and shorts; who...
International Women’s Day: A Hindi tract with feminist ideals from a time before feminism...
Mrinal Pande
Seemantini Updesh (A Tract for A Married Woman), is a rare 19th-century Hindi work rooted in what we now recognise as feminist epistemology....
World Kidney Day: Obesity and kidney disease
Dr Sanjeeev Gulati
Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic, and its prevalence has been projected to grow by 40% in the next decade Obesity in...
Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast – Part 6
Dr Budha Kamei
From previous issue
In Zeliangrong society, the period of mourning of a death is observed for one year until the celebration of next...