Time to correct course and stop mistaking the wood for the forest
By Pradip Phanjoubam
In his regular column in the Indian Express not long after the Congress was ousted and the Narendra Modi government was...
Lets Talk Environment: Lien Gangte
I have never been a good writer or never been good at articulating my thoughts to others. Over the last few years, I have...
The unholy alliance
At midnight when we are immersed in a deep slumber, almost half dead, vibrant activities are going on in big godowns at many places...
Higher Education is on the Deathbed: Mockery of Higher Education in Manipur
By Nongmaithem Kishorchand
It happened before, and it happened again. The recent Cabinet approval for regularization of 418 Part-Time Government College Lecturers and 714 Contract...
World No Tobacco Day – Tobacco and its hazards
Every year, 31st May is observed as the World ‘No Tobacco Day’. Tobacco consumption, particularly smoking is the leading preventable causes of Diseases, Disability...
Will Assam results impact other Congress ruled NE states
By Pradip Phanjoubam
(This article was first published in The Asian Age, New Delhi, on Wednesday, May 25 and is being reproduced here for our...
Denying Meitei ST status: feeding the ghost from the past
By Kh. Ibomcha
Like any other commoner does, I, for a while, have been at my wit’s end otiosely trying to sort out reasons why...
Why Meitei Should Not Be Scheduled as Tribe – Kulajit Maisnam
Before the advent of the modern nation-state, it is known that the present geo-political entity Manipur was functionally based on material conditions centered around...
The Manipur Imbroglio Literature
By:- Thounaojam Brinda
All hate the problems, yet all contribute to the problems knowingly or unknowingly.
None of the valley nationalists claim to hate Manipur. All hate...
Manipur as a Constitutional fiction with a nostalgia
There is something admirable about the Constitution of India as a living document. Take for example, the honesty with which it records the historicity...
Mob justice: Need for debate
By Safiur Rahaman Maibam
There is seriously a need to question the increasing incidence of mob justice in Manipur society. Is it mob justice or...
MPSC 2016: An exam that shattered many hopes – by Anonymous Manipur
The Manipur Public Service Commission conducted one of the most controversial preliminary exams for entry into the esteemed state’s civil services this year. Most...
The Silent Demographic Influx of Imphal Valley
By Konjengbam Kameshore
The silent demographic influx (DI) of Imphal valley has been going on since the last several years without any hindrance given by...
The Hegemony Over Manipur State – Part I
By Thounaojam Brinda
The resistance movement of Manipur has been gyrating in an ever increasing rate of violence and a widening class divide as in...