Higher Education in the Northeast: The Disconnects and the Challenges
By Amar Yumnam
Higher education in our region has been a major issue of debate and discussion among academics based in the colleges and universities...
Photographs in Sepia
By Chitra Ahanthem
The heading of this piece borrows from “Portraits in Sepia” a book by Isabel Allende, which uses the metaphor of photography as...
Wronged Battle
By Bobo Khuraijam
Pretentiously enough, Leipung purportedly went into a hiding. We wanted to fashion an identity which would stand out from the crowd. The...
Chittagong Armoury Raid of 18 April 1930 – The Bravery Of Bengali ...
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
On December 3 2010 while my wife and my son were browsing in the small book shop of the TajMahal...
Make media a free zone, don`t disturb media, media is for all, IPR minister...
IMPHAL, November 16: The Directorate of Information & Public Relations, government of Manipur today observed the National Press Day 2011 and also distributed the...
Economy Wounded, But Who Cares: Vote, governance and slippery population
By Amar Yumnam
On the second Saturday of this month, I entered with a friend a high-end cookies and sweetmeat store in Imphal; being high-end,...
Sayonara
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
The Meitei of Manipur have some similarities to the Japanese, especially in their ingenuity, as recorded by British colonial officers...
Why Meitei Ethnonationalism?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
I am very moved with this email from EMMI SERTO, especially by the noble task he is undertaking. There are...
Higher Education Worldwide: The diversifying and multiplying scenario
By Amar Yumnam
Attending the Indo-Global Education Summit in Delhi during 4 and 5 of November of 2011 has been an enhancing experience personally as...
Why the Armed Forces Special Powers Act Should Go: Some New Arguments
By Amar Yumnam
The despised, dreaded and utterly undemocratic Armed Forces Special Powers Act is again in the news, debates and hurling of blames consequent...
Governance Absent, but Tradition to the Rescue
By Amar Yumnam
We know for sure that the government is there. One may ask as how we can be so sure about it. Well,...
Friday the 13th Superstition & Phobia
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Before I begin this article I would like to thank ONGBI NONG who wrote: Sir, I regularly read your column,...
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...
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...