Honest Media
Not as opposed to a free media, but in addition to being a free media, what is also extremely important is giving substance to...
Beyond Number Games
The trouble with elections in Manipur today is, it lacks a soul. Hence, elections here have always been dominated by the arithmetic of a...
Uniform fee structure
Leader Writer: Hrishikesh Angom
Education once regarded as `sacred` has become a `commodity` in today`™s highly commercialized world. Many private firms take keen interests in...
AFSPA Under Fire
he recent report in The Hindu daily that prosecution sanctions sought against Army officers against whom serious charges of heinous crimes committed under cover...
Idea Ahead of Substance
Although nobody considers the Marxist economic model seriously anymore, it would still be simplistic to say its influences on current thinking, not just in...
Balancing Heart and Mind
We have said it before, but it is our opinion that it needs to be repeated every now and then still, considering Manipur continues...
Peace and Conflict Ennui
From all appearances, the peace talks between the Government of India and the Naga underground organisation NSCN(IM), is hopelessly stagnated. The confrontation recently between...
Who is Afraid of Freedom
Can the Manipiur Press still be described as independent? At the rate it is succumbing to pressures, this is hardly likely. We watch with...
Of animals and political ones
Leader Writer: Paojel Chaoba
Our state will witness a re-poll in 34 polling stations in five hill districts today. It is evident that compared to...
Weapons of War or Peace
The screaming banner headlines about how French defence manufacturer Dassault won a massive 20 billion dollar fighter plane purchase deal with the Indian government...
End Prohibition
Prohibition has not worked in Manipur. It has not in all other places it was sought to be imposed. Everybody knows this, yet the...
Aftershock Speculations
Speculations of any possible outcomes of the just concluded elections to the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly are prohibited by the Election Commission of India,...
Badly Timed Limbo
It is pertinent to delve some more on the likely drawbacks of the prolonged wait for the result of elections to the 10th Manipur...
Undeserved Suspense
The Election Commission of India’s new regulations to ensure there are no extraneous or unfair influences in the outcomes to the Assembly elections in...