Ethical Voting and National Voters` Day
Leader Writer: Kshetrimayum Sopen
India celebrates today the fourth National Voter’s Day with the theme of ‘Ethical Voting’ across the country in coordination with the...
Who are the CDOs?
Almost everyone in Manipur has seen the police commandos in action both in the valley and the hills. But do they really exist? Officially,...
A Reflection on the Forum for Naga Reconciliation Meeting, Feb, 29th
By Abraham Lotha
The assembly of about 50,000 people at the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) Meeting on Feb. 29 at the Agri Expo Centre,...
Damned by Sekmai dam
The collapse on July 23, of the Sekmai River Lift Irrigation (RLI) Scheme dam built on the Imphal River under the sponsorship of NEC...
Sixth Schedule
The demand for the implementation of the 6th Schedule surfaces every now and then in Manipur. It is doing so yet again, though in...
Salute to Manipuri Sahitya Parishad
The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad has every reason to celebrate. Seventy nine years of literary journey is no ordinary journey. So to say, the literary...
Black gold
It has long been a rumour that Manipur is sitting on a gold mine in the form of oil and that rumour has become...
Prohibition and Alcoholism
It must be quite an irony of fate that three traditionally heavy drinking states, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, were till recently the only dry...
Song of Manipur
“Will there be songs in dark times? / Yes. / Of dark times.” The following lines from one of the greatest theatre playwrights of...
Employment Status
Mere profession of goodwill by the state administration cannot be all that is needed to allay the widely held suspicion that government employment status...
Let the Dice Roll
It is indeed an interesting sight involving the festival of lights beside the usual fireworks. To the residents of the Imphal city, it is...
Police Raas-Leela
During the last couple of weeks, the state has witnesses a recent upturn of a series of violent incidents. To note a few would...
Coping with Infertility
There is no other word to replace Motherhood. To give a definition of it would be a futile endeavor, though we might succeed if...
Editorial – IFP is Fifteen
The Imphal Free Press turned 15 today, May 3. By happy serendipity, May 3 is also the World Press Freedom day. So in celebrating...