Festivals and a lesson in faith
What an eventful week it has been! The festive air hanging over Imphal is unbelievable and a casual onlooker who is not too familiar...
Mobile Hassles and Harassments
By Chitra Ahanthem
Some time ago, there was a string of funny SMS jokes sent to my number from an unidentified number. The jokes were...
Blockade Notes
By Chitra Ahanthem
Let us start from the beginning of it all. It is not going to matter how long the highways are blockaded really....
Our Social Network: Going in Circles
By Chitra Ahanthem
I distinctly remember a time when I was in school (which means it was long ago!) and believed that socializing with friends...
Manipur as a travel/tourist destination
By Chitra Ahanthem
The list goes on…but for now let’s hope the tourism department is reading this pieceThat Manipur has many things to offer to...
Meeting Notes: Anna Hazare and Sharmila Irom
By Chitra Ahanthem
It was 1997, the year India was marking her 50th year of Independence. There would have been many celebrations of this momentous...
The Government and the NGOs
By Chitra Ahanthem
Missing out two Sun day pages of the IFP is no fun at all for when one gets to writing, there is...
Doctor rounds
By Chitra Ahanthem
Once upon a time, a trip to a doctor meant a pretty decent time interval where the doctor would take patient history...
Flood flashback
Chitra Ahanthem
The rains it seems are good only in films. The languorous pitter-patter of rains over the past week in Imphal has...
Watching Hindi films: A personal revolt!
By Chitra Ahanthem
Ah well! Imphal now has a cinema theatre showing the latest English films after a more than decade long break. But the...
Manipur for the Tourists
By Chitra Ahanthem
“Is Manipur tourist friendly?” happens to be a very popular question doing the rounds in the virtual sphere(read internet, and particularly social...
Thoughts in Random
By Chitra Ahanthem
Two Sundays have gone by without this column making it to the pages of Imphal Free Press or on the web page...
Churanthaaba, Lai khutshaangbi and Tapta
Chitra Ahanthem
One wise saying has this for people to ponder over: you fear what you don’t know. And if there is one stage of...
School Vans: Recipe for Danger
Chitra Ahanthem
Ever thought of doing a simple head counting of school going children stuffed in Omni Vans? It doesn’t take too much to see...