Apprenticeship as Education
There is a well-known unwritten rule about rules. It simply says, know the rules well enough to creatively break it. It sound rather absurd,...
The Manipur Inner Line Permit Bill, 2016
(Contd from previous issue)
(4). The registration authority shall, if he is satisfied that the Non-Manipuri People is a bonafide citizen of India and is...
The Manipur Inner Line Permit Bill, 2016
Submitted by the Association of Premier State College Seniors, Manipur
A BILL to regulate the coming to stay or settle of Non-Manipuris in this tiny...
Empty Driver’s Seat
Among so many others, what Manipur urgently needs today, is a sense that things are being looked after, and even if they are bad...
Meenashu Yaroi, Lainashu Yaroi – Against natural justice
DESAM needs to be noted. This is not a case of taking sides, but taking due note of what is universally known as natural...
Arms and the Man
In his book “My Century”, a collection of 100 inter-linked short stories celebrating the 20th Century, each of the 100 stories summarising the mood of...
Pulling in opposing directions Deep hill-valley divide
Pulling in opposing directions
Deep hill-valley divide
12 hours bandh called in the hill areas of the State to denounce the alleged indifference of the State...
Embracing Dissent View
All of us look at the world through different sets of assumptions. Our observations and interpretations are bound to differ from one another. A...
Goondaism on the campus Disturbing episodes
Disturbing it is. And before it becomes a trend, elders of society need to sit down and think how to deal with the matter....
MU and rule of law
The development at the Manipur University, for long a state university, now a Central university, is to say the least, disturbing. The immediate diagnosis...
Ugly stand off at Manipur University Toying with the future
Manipur University has seen better days. But the present stand off at the varsity is a cause of serious concern for at stake here...
Anticipating disasters
In ever increasing frequencies, there are warnings of possible natural disasters of magnitudes never seen before. Besides earthquakes, the dangers of which nobody can...
12 hrs bandh and agenda in the hills The deep Bill divide
12 hours bandh in tribal areas on October 7 as per the stand of the Outer Manipur Tribal Forum (OMTF) and the Joint Action...
Uri disaster and after
The overflow of national passion since the September 18 attack at Uri military camp ostensibly by Pakistan trained Kashmiri militants was only to be...