Communal, Corrupt and Criminal: New Picture of Manipuris
By Amar Yumnam
In this column last week, I had sung a feeble song of the competitive spirit of the Meeteis and the relative sharpening...
Securing People or Securing Territory or a Combination
By Amar Yumnam
India’s Prime Minister was in Myanmar recently. In the academic circle the impact of this visit has been an issue of detailed...
Silent Crises In Manipur: Time for application of mind, evolution of policy and action...
By Amar Yumnam
Manipur is now facing serious social crises with national, international and provincial implications, and which are not perceived as such by the...
“Playing for Change” and Bluffing for Change: Civilised behaviour vis-a-vis Manipur behaviour
By Amar Yumnam
Thomas Hobbes said in his classic Leviathan thus: “All Laws need Interpretation”. We can think of paraphrasing him and assert thus: All...
The Loktak:The tragedy and the way forward
By Amar Yumnam
The author is celebrating his 25 wedding anniversary today and we wish him many happy returns of the day
To an academic, a...
Remain Unconcerned and Ensure a Future of OurYouths as Pimps and Prostitutes: Manipur and...
By Amar YumnamThree recent developments relating to the development agenda of Asia are of critical importance to the people and land of the region....
Diversity and Convergence `“ Good; Diversity and Non-convergence `“ Unstable: Manipur in the latter...
By Amar Yumnam
In early and non-complex environments, people generally prefer a non-diversified society. It makes management of society easier and make early breakthrough possible....
Giving Ibobi the Credit: Reappreciating the Issue
By Amar Yumnam
It is good that Ibobi has come back from Tokyo, without further proceeding to Europe and others. It is a case of...
Information Society and Manipur Society: Bloody Who Cares?
By Amar Yumnam
The society of Manipur is at best a conglom eration of disconnected sets. The fundamental basisfor any society’s progress and enhancement of...
Manipur`s Time: Our turn to catch
By Amar Yumnam
Time is of the essence. This is more so in in the case of development trajectory of a society. A society does...
Manipur Social Character and Individual Design: Dogged refusal to move forward
By Amar Yumnam
Two great souls have left for heaven recently. Besides their significance to the national articulation and concern for issues of development transition,...
Governance Focus Right, but Where is the Proof of Direction
By Amar Yumnam
The Planning Commission of India has recently presented to the country the Approach Paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan starting 1...
Development Sustained, But What Does That Mean?
By Amar Yumnam The world is right now preoccupied with the winds of change blowing across North Africa and Middle East. These establish or...
Nationalism, Pretentious Governance And Manipur: Need for critical application of mind
By Amar Yumnam
Two recent events are critical testimony to the character and quality of governance we have in Manipur; these two display in full...