How morals of tales shift
Understandably, many postcolonial nations are uneasy, if not apprehensive of the idea of federalism. Nonetheless, it is also a fact that given the diversity...
Blockade over shadowing dists creation Point already delivered
It should be more than apparent to all. With election less than 30 days and with the United Naga Council not showing any indication...
Beating the blockade
The United Naga Council’s blockade along Manipur’s lifelines will not end. Whatever the cause of the disagreement among those negotiating a truce, this is...
Flop tripartite talk of Feb 3 Understanding of dialogue
Three points have emerged very clearly from the emergency presidential council meeting of the United Naga Council, held at Senapati on February 7. One...
Creation of new dists and economic blockade Highly polarised election
It will be a highly polarised election. No that the hills and the valley areas have always voted along the same line or say...
Case of too many cooks spoiling the broth Please one, disappoint others
Expectedly it is the two principal political parties which have announced the names of candidates for the upcoming Assembly election. While the Congress has...
NE India, underdevelopment and increased budgetary allocation
Indeed it was good news. The Union Budget 2017-18 raised the total allocation for the eight Northeastern States from Rs 32180 crore in 2016-17...
The Machiavellian
In the run-up to state assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has finally cracked the whip on the deeply entrenched state bureaucracy,...
Pushing Jyotin out from the Congress Backing better prospects
Let it be clear. It was not Jyotin Waikhom who chose to leave the Congress, but the party which literally sealed the door on...
Tripartite talk: an unfair game
Finally the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Union government has initiated tripartite talk between the Govt. of Manipur, UNC and the Union Govt....
Destroyed by corruption
If only the ways of the government were above board, questions such as moral legitimacy of governance would not have been so very complicated...
Tripartite talk: Light at the end of the tunnel?
No doubt, all sections of people living in the tiny but multi-ethnic State of Manipur have been reeling under extreme misery for quite a...
Corruption no issue
Corruption has become an obsessive concern of the public in Manipur today. Though there has been no formal opinion poll, it is anybody’s guess...
Not to forget other political parties… Sharmila’s party is also in the fray
Not surprisingly the focus has been on the BJP and the Congress and a look at the daily newspapers published from Imphal will definitely...