Aping the Daroga
The state Power department’s renewed intention to enhance revenue collection is welcome but the means still needs to be debated. In earlier drives, the...
The word
The word ‘tribe’ has become a contested term in recent times. While the dictionary meaning simply states a group of people of the same...
Struggling identities
One area which the state and the civil society have continually neglected in the last few decades is the issue of the struggling identities...
Bridging the gap
Home Minister Gaikhangam’s appeal on Saturday to work for unity between the hills and the valley is indeed welcome in the backdrop of the...
Voices of tomorrow
By Wangkheimayum Bhupendra Singh
Ever since the exam results of class X and XII have been declared, the state has been witnessing felicitations of successful...
Changing the Daroga
It has been close to 3 months since Gaikhangam took charge of the Home Department and he had promised a people friendly police force...
The lobby won
The pedestrians are out and the vehicles are in. The business lobby has won the battle for space inside the Imphal Khwairanband Keithel. After...
The Idea of Manipur
Subir Bhaumik’s memorial lecture at Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Akademi on multiple ethnic assertions in the Northeast has provoked us to such limits that...
Ascent in planning
If, we repeat, if the Okram Ibobi Singh led government is really serious about development in the hill areas as the IFCD minister Ngamthang...
Of Athenians and Manipuris
Leader Writer: Paojel Chaoba
Struggling to live in the present society, a society that reveres individuals with colossal bank accounts, having en-vogue cars, as with...
Culture of protest
Perhaps it is the martial tradition that is influencing Manipuris in varied fields including that of the culture of protest. Once upon a time,...
Policing the police
Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone. Tremendous pressure is there at the police stations and the barracks....
No special treatment
The Union Home Minister certainly misunderstood us. It is not about special treatment for the northeast students and peoples. Rather it is about nation...
Ban diesel autos
With the introduction of diesel autos in recent years, air pollution has significantly increased in Imphal besides creating erratic traffic conditions. Carbon monoxide emitted...