Food and Hunger
The call by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.N. food agency to fight off the demands of food production on one hand and...
Eviction drives
In a growing urban landscape, the news of evictions as described by state actors and the plight of people living in the contested areas...
A day for Mothers
Yesterday was Mother’s day. One way of looking at such an observation is to scoff at the idea of marking out one single day...
Street vendors` woes
Leader Writer: Shobaraj Yumlembam
With unemployment being one of the largest issues being faced in the state, less fortunate women like women vendors willingly or...
Codes for the media
In media circles everywhere and more so in settings of conflict of every kind, there is often a pertinent question that keeps getting asked...
May observations
For the community of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, the month of May is quite significant. First on the calendar is the...
The Waterlogging Spectacle
The monsoons are yet to spark off its total fury in the state. But if the scenes on the roads and bye lanes of...
The drugs dynamics
Drug trafficking is today being accepted as a phenomenon of a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances, which...
Sporting talent for the future
Manipur is often described as a powerhouse of sports in the country. In a world of clichés and banal word play, the description actually...
Work is Worship
I am delighted to see IFP complete 17 years of publication, having lived through bad times and good times, as all living institution would...
Internationalizing Imphal airport
The announcement of international flights operating from Imphal is a bit of news that leaves one ambivalent. The present condition of the airport is...
The Manipur visit
The visit of Ms. Rashida Manjoo, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (or UNSRVAW for short) to the...
Securing School transport.
In Manipur today, it has become so commonplace for varied civil society groups to pitch their stands on an array of issues that there...
Give dance a chance
Leader Writer: Shobaraj Yumlembam
Many beneficial things are said about dance. Some of them worth mentioning are: dance is a skill that will stay with...