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...
The coming of the Senbrangs….
By: Maisnam Chanu Liklainu
We always envy our neighbours. Birds coming and building nests in their maangols. We always wanted these birds to come...
Sangakpham: We deserve to know
By: A. Bimol Akoijam
In a swift response, the Chief Minister of Manipur said that the terrorist violence that struck Sangakpham on 1st August,...
Sangakpham and Beyond Confronting Illegitimate Violence
By A. Bimol Akoijam
In our times, empirically and theoretically speaking, terrorism has been an illegitimate child of a legitimate politics. The so-called “Islamic Terrorism”...
If Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay Were a Manipuri?
By : Bimol Akoijam
In a seminar held at Manipur University recently, a gentleman who happens to be a ‘mayang’ (outsider) dares to say...
Let it be
muses of a lovelorn soul
insights of an engaging mind
a figment of imagination
of a restless life…
voice that comes like a gentle breeze
sooths the weary heart;
words...
It was just another bomb blast right?
By: Sanatombi Angomcha
It was just another bomb blast right?
Rupees 50,000 each for the injured victims and Rupees 1 lakh as ‘Asiman’ for those innocent...
Eight (8) Hours of Electricity in a Day: A Cruel Joke on the people...
By: Bimol Akoijam
In response to a Public Interests Litigation (PIL), the Government of Manipur has reportedly promised that it is working towards ensuring “Eight...
Why do Meiteis have less body hair?
By Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh, 30 June 2011
The Meitei like other humans split from the chimpanzees and evolved into a more human-like form known...
How did the African apes change into Meitei features?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra singh
A mega drought occurred in Africa 5 million years ago and that forced evolutionary change on the apes, ancestral to...
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...
Killing Justice In the Name of Justice: What`s happening in Manipur?
By Amar Yumnam
Justice is what would be on everybody’s lips and is what everybody desires. Everybody cries foul in Manipur and laments that justice...
Meitei Narcissism
By:Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
In the anthropological doctrine, to understand Meitei national character is to study their “bellicose trait”; that is, how it affects...
Technology, Knowledge Economy and Emotions: Manipur Scenario
In this age of globalisation of information, technology, culture, norms and even emotions, no region or community can remain unaffected by the changes. This...