The wait for Godot?
By Tinky Ningombam
I am an agnostic. I believe there is a possibility that a supernatural being/ thought/ consciousness can possibly exist, but if it/he/she...
The Right to Know
By Tinky Ningombam
Not many people have the knowledge or the means to understand the various policies of the State and the Government but only...
Information addict
By Tinky Ningombam
The human urge to be connected to something/someone is inescapable and makes for a good debate. Do you get restless when you...
The games we play
By Tinky Ningombam
About 20 years back, we used to boast about how many marbles we collected or how many dresses our dolls had or...
Anyone care for a selfie ?
By Tinky Ningombam
The Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year for 2013 is “selfie.” In what seems to be perhaps the most inevitable choice, “Selfies”...
A self-fulfilling prophecy
By Tinky Ningombam
I bet you have friends who are self claimed oracles; People who repeat “I told you so” after every bad incident that...
How JUST is our society?
By Tinky Ningombam
I read a rather startling disclaimer from one article on a bandh in Manipur. It warned people, who might commit the mistake...
The books that made it!
By Tinky Ningombam
“We live for Books” said Umberto Eco once and how right he was, even for small time bibliomaniacs like me. Of course,...
Ways in which Lingo evolves
By Tinky Ningombam
In my home in Imphal, we used to have a lot of household things that we gave our own unique names to....
IED recovered
IMPHAL, April 6: A Road Opening Party of the 27 Assam Rifles of 28 Sector under HQ IGAR (S) detected two suspected IEDs today...
Prone to hyperbole
By Tinky Ningombam
I recently got duped by a friend (who meant well, I think) and sent me to attend an event which was supposed...
Bad to the bone
By Tinky Ningombam
The “I used to be a bad boy” image is the most sought after by contemporary wannabes. Kids fall in line to...
Woman-hood
By Tinky Ningombam
As I sat down to write (type) today, I stared at the blank page for a good 15 minutes. Considering I have...
Exam bells a-ringing
By Tinky Ningombam
Some wise men said that the fruits of labor are the sweetest, that if you succeed after having worked harder, it gives...