RTE: winds of change or a passing breeze?
By: Chitra Ahanthem
The topic of education in Manipur has various layers of complexities considering the way all educational institutions gets affected by the cycle...
Development Sustained, But What Does That Mean?
By Amar Yumnam The world is right now preoccupied with the winds of change blowing across North Africa and Middle East. These establish or...
Identity Formation and the Social Ethos: Pathways of Progress
By Amar Yumnam The concept of individual as used in Economics is now being subjected to renewed scrutiny in the wake of the new...
Where is Imphal?
Chitra Ahanthem.
What would you do if two people with cameras slung around their necks walk up to you and try and coax you to...
The Origin of Manipur
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
The empirical demands of history, much worse, prehistory, when it is allowed to assert them by its practitioners, drawing...
People and dramas
By: Bobo Meitei
I left the old world behind with the hope that in another world, deeply influenced by the old, I would be able...
Leviathan Under Pressure: Winds of change
By Amar Yumnam
The winds of change are blowing the world over. Corruption and authoritarian regimes are under pressure in all the countries today. While...
Let children be themselves
Chitra Ahanthem.
This week threw a major surprise in the form of a newspaper advertisement in a daily Manipuri newspaper. It was an announcement for...
“Mubarak: Enter + Shift + Delete”- Civilisational lessons of the Egypt Revolution[1]
by Amar Yumnam
It all started in a small Arab country with only about one-third the population of Manipur, Tunisia. The powerful dictatorial president of...
Emotional Freedom, Network Widening and Nation Building: India’s prime need Today
by Amar Yumnam
There are three major challenges facing India today. First is the necessity for reinventing mechanisms for emotional integration of the country for...
A toast to honesty!
Chitra Ahanthem
Our days are mainly filled with news about violence, scams, protests and most things negative about Manipur and it is safe to say...
Hello, Hello, Hello, Am I talking to Electricity Complaint Room ?
“One who pays bills regularly, even if he is the poorest or the most backward, is more important than a Very Important Person who...
If You Love a Bird… Time to Mature India’s Manipur policy
By Amar Yumnam
There is a saying and a lovely one at that which goes as: “If you love a bird, set it free. If...
Stand in queue please!
Chitra Ahanthem
A familiar routine of life in Manipur and more so specifically true of Imphal is the sight of long winding queues: for petrol,...