Nero Fiddled when Rome Burned: It is for real
By Amar Yumnam
Nero was an Emperor of the Roman Empire in the beginning of Christian era. He is considered by history as one of...
OBFUSCATION OF SADAR HILL ENTANGLEMENT
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Karl Marx (German political philosopher and revolutionary, 1818-1883) said History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ...
One does...
Demise of Productive Institutions and Rise of `Social Workers`: Manipur Tragedy
By Amar Yumnam
There is an interesting Latin phrase as "absentee la edit cum ebrio quilitigat". When translated into English, it runs as: "to quarrel...
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...
HOW DID MANIPUR COME UP FROM UNDER WATER?
By:Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
There is some archaeological evidence that the valley of Manipur was once filled with water. The Meitei Puya also mentions that...
Power cuts
By: Maisnam Chanu Liklainu
The house plunging in darkness.Imagine a house which cannot afford an inverter or a generator.Worse still,a house having both ...
Time to look within and have some shame and self-respect
By: A. Bimol Akoijam
To all those denizens of Manipur who are offended or hurt by the manner in which the “mainstream”, the...
Steal, My Countrymen, Steal: A Survival Kit in Contemporary India
By: Amar Yumnam
The fundamental drive for human beings is survival, Darwin or no Darwin. Now this survival has meanings only when we can afford...
Is it wrong to be given a Meitei name?
By: Maisnam Chanu Liklainu
I am not a Meitei fanatic when I write this....I dont agree 75% with the so called Defenders of Meiteism....
But...
ARE THE MEITEI GETTING A SHORT SHRIFT FROM THEIR TRIBAL BROTHERS?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Of course, they are. A crying baby gets more milk. With the free infant formula milk from New Delhi, the...
Meecham Praja: The forgotten common men in Manipur
By: Amar Yumnam
The basic purpose of having an administration and a governance system anywhere needs to be recalled and analysed at this moment of...
How informative are the East Asians?
By: Maisnam Chanu Liklainu
I met two Chinese girls who didnt know about Bruce Lee. A teacher once told us- people who speak the...
The origin of the Meitei language
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
The origin of languages is baffling for the biologists as spoken languages do not leave any fossil records. So is...
Terrorism, One to Nine and Still to Count and Fractionalisation: Manipur today
By Amar Yumnam
Two recent events have caught the attention of social analysts in the land of the jewels (people say, but we are yet...