Inter community Gaan Ngai Celebrated
IMPHAL, Jan 24: Gaan Ngai the biggest festival of the Zeliangrong Community was jointly celebrated with Meitei and Kabui Community under the theme Unity,...
Flight stories
by Chitra Ahanthem
One major change that one sees in the past decade is the advent of low cost or budget airlines. Though flight tickets...
Emoinu greetings
IMPHAL, Jan 15: The League of Callow Patriots, Wangkhei Ningthem Pukhri Mapal, has extended its warm greetings to the people of the state for...
University, Education and Society: Chequered Trajectory
By Amar Yumnam
In a recent function in Manipur University, an ex-Vice Chancellor related a sad and disappointing experience with the Chief Minister of Manipur...
Musings on a decade
Chitra Ahanthem
The beginning of a “New Year” inevitably brings a stream of “best wishes for the year ahead” which happens every year. It is...
Development of the Mountains: Ultimately a debate now
By Amar Yumnam
I recently had the privilege of meeting the Prime Minister of the country in a relaxed atmosphere with foods served. Since we...
Sangai Tourism festival: in perspective
By Chitra Ahanthem
Going by the fact that the recently held Sangai Tourism festival was being passed around as the “biggest and grandest” festival, it...
Media stories
Today, the media in Manipur in context of print and cable TV is in an interesting yet stagnant phase. Gone are the days when...
Dance: Movements and Therapy
by Chitra Ahanthem
Most people say that those born in Manipur have an innate sense of dance. Often, elders “teach” or rather, introduce small babies...
Exploring a village in Meghalaya – 2
Chitra Ahanthem
Morning sees me waking up wanting to do some serious nature calling knowing there is no closed toilet structures around and muscle pain...
Exploring a village in Meghalaya
by Chitra Ahanthem
Mention Meghalaya, and there is almost a cloud of romanticism over its idyllic town, Shillong the capital with its legacy of neat...
In search of citizenship
Chitra Ahanthem
The fight against India is not uncommon anymore: there has been a long history of questions over citizenship that most of us living...
A self study of “Self Help Groups”
By Chitra Ahanthem:
As is happening in other parts of India, Manipur also has its plethora of self help groups (SHGs), which are instituted through...
The games children play
Chitra Ahanthem
Children more often than not ape the ways of people around them. Theirs is a world full of innovation, intelligence and innocence but...