Tribal remnants in Meiteis/Meeteis
I am neither an ethnographer nor a sociologist but certainly a student of history specialized in ancient history. We have studied the tribal ways...
Female face of ageing in Asia Pacific
With declining fertility rates and increasing life expectancy, the proportion of people aged 60 and over is growing globally. There are currently 900,868 million...
Ngoukadi Hostel, Maram – a trail blazer
The year was 2013, and it was the month of August. As the side kick to the president of KSO general headquarters, Pu. Peter...
Manipur in the backdrop of AFSPA and Irom Sharmila
I am humbled to be invited to speak on the 29th Harendra Nath Barua Memorial Lecture, whose legacy as a true nationalist, a freedom...
Know that bandh for ‘save Manipur’ is ‘killing Manipuris’
Tears reach unstoppable, hope reaches prison, vision reaches the periphery; she tells her children many goodnight tales to make them forget the hunger by...
Civil Services Examination
Most of the students ask me about Civil Service Examination. We are aware that civil service examination is most prestigious as it selects officers...
Reminiscence of career as a teacher and a researcher
Introduction
After completing M.Sc. (Botany) in 1971 from the Gauhati University, Guwahati the author remain at home without any job for about one year. While...
From the diary of an insomniac
Wanna know how it feels like to be an insomniac? If you are pretty serious, you are in. Welcome to the jamboree.
Two hours of...
Oh, Manipur ! Can you see this photo ?
Manipur is a state where the present Chief Secretary’s mother is considered to be a humble woman who raised her children by fishing and...
Manipur general election 2017
Why the citizens of Manipur should choose a new ruling party for the greater interest of the citizen in the state, and why the...
Globalization and homelands
Sometimes I ponder whether our movements for homelands and the protection of our ethnic-cultural identity will bear fruit in the backdrop of unstoppable wave...
PCR and its clinical applications
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a powerful core molecular biology technique. It is an efficient and rapid in vitro method for enzymatic amplification...
No more culture shock waves, please
Great men are humble and decent, mediocre ones create bedlam.
Heirangingeida Yurangba (creating mayhem amidst chaos), a proverbial Manipuri saying was what Mr V Shanmuganathan...
Although many ethnic communities we are all Manipuris
The National Research Centre (NRC), Manipur in collaboration with the office of the Dean of Students Welfare, Manipur University invited me for a 5-day...