Fifteen years in the hot seat Ibobi : Man of the moment ?
Not that he has ever been out of the news but the manner in which Chief Minister O Ibobi is right now occupying prime...
Change as growth
Coexistence, and indeed all notions of federalism, is about making reasonable compromises by all parties involved so that a new common space is created....
Oct 24 : More than an incident, Not just another observation
More than an incident. It is becoming increasingly clear that what happened at Bakshi ground at Ukhrul on October 24 is today much more...
There is something about HRD
Nowadays, the post of Vice Chancellor of Manipur University is certainly not a dream job. In the wake of the reservation row, Professor M...
New man in the hot chair. Let students study
Now that the Union Human Resource Development Ministry has stepped in and appointed a new VC of Manipur University, can one expect normalcy to...
Refrain hasty conclusions
The Ukhrul episode in which the chief minister Okram Ibobi had to return without accomplishing his mission of inaugurating various new infrastructure of the...
Will the Lotus Bloom in Manipur?
After the massive victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam Assembly election bringing a bitter end to the 15 years rule of...
Traditions to Art
The festive season is here again. Durga Puja and the parallel Panthoibi Haraoba have just concluded. So has Mera Hou Chongba, the beautiful re-enactment...
Only merit earns respect
We wish there are at least some gravity left in Manipur politics. The idea of the captain not abandoning his ship even when it...
Banana republic tales
With elections to the Manipur Legislative Assembly barely five months away, the ruling Congress is in a siege. Three of its senior legislators have...
Cabinet iPads
The state Cabinet has gone digital, so said a government statement issued on Thursday. This means the Cabinet meetings will be paperless, and in...
The battle of Biren
The war has begun. Battle-lines have been drawn. After the exit of the enigmatic Yumkham Irabot from the Congress party, the charismatic Nongthombam Biren...
Calibrating Violence
That violence is commonplace in Manipur today is a truism. This has been with a cost that goes beyond the immediate and tangible in...
Cong VS BJP battle line drawn
The battle line is drawn. BJP versus the Congress. One which has been in power for the third consecutive term and the other trying...