`Local media` angst
The non ending TV coverage which will be expectedly followed up by reams of newsprint on the death of Students Federation of India (SFI)...
The advent of April
A month that starts with a misnomer like “All Fools day” or simply “April Fool” can hardly be dull. There are some interesting facts...
When the children get home
After dragging its feet and total silence over the recent case of children who have been rescued from a ‘Children Home’ in Jaipur in...
Yaoshang spell
Manipur can well be described as the land of never ending festivals since one goes off only to bring in another in its place...
Manipur`s High Court
After Indian got its independence, the Assam Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution on 9 September 1947 that a High Court be established for the...
The TB spotlight
Globally, Tuberculosis (TB) is the second biggest global pathogen killer after HIV/AIDS. The World TB day observed on March 24 every year is marked...
A thought for water
Leader Writer: Shobaraj Yumlembam
Water is an essential ingredient for the existence of life beginning from the most basic process of photosynthesis in plants. Photosynthesis...
Diverting Traffic
It is becoming increasingly rare for a day to go by without the news of a fatal accident or more such cases coming in....
Banking on banks
The announcement by the Chief Minister that there will be banking facilities in far-flung areas of the state warrants a serious look. After all,...
Tablet phones for news
Google, the fountainhead of modern knowledge and information gives a link to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that defines ‘paid news’ as: an advertisement...
Manipuri Films and National Film Awards
Established in 1954, the National Film Awards is considered as the most prominent film award ceremony in India. A national panel appointed by the...
Shifting the spotlight
The contents of a recent press release from the Manipur State Women Commission stating that it had visited the family of a girl who...
Joint Ops: no one shoots, everybody escapes?
Earlier, a report entitled ‘Manipur: Memorandum on Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions’ collated and later, submitted by the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights...
The annual spectacle of Irom Sharmila
It’s that time of the year again: when Irom Sharmila at two days short of turning forty will be ‘released’ after a mandatory one...