Moderating Ethnicity
The question of ethnic identity has been a preoccupation of the Northeast for quite some time now. The issue is sensitive and it does...
Minorities as Majorities
Generalizing policies developed on data that are the mean of national figures is dangerous and can cause another kind of injustice. While the need...
Culture Matters
How much is culture responsible for progress made by any given society? How much is culture responsible for the embrace or resistance to modernity?...
Wisdom from a facebook post
There was this post on facebook which read, “ Today, we have a bomb blast and one person killed, a quake of high magnitude...
Earthquake Challenges
The earthquake yesterday evening that shook Manipur and the Northeast is yet another warning that the government as well as the people must, to...
Unfortunate crisis
The clashes on Monday in the wake of the bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) against the death of two youths who...
Basic Governance Missing
It is sad but nonetheless a reality that any debate on governance in Manipur have to begin from the very basic. What higher issues...
Vision Beyond the Storm
Despite all the present turmoil, those with a vision of what Manipur should be after the storm, have a bounden duty to campaign, advocate...
Teach Your Children
One of the most intriguing questions that would have occurred to most parents in these troubled times is, what is the right thing to...
Shame and Scandal
Even as the Panama Papers scandal continues to rock the world in a way it seldom has been, it must be said the matter...
Brutal mob justice
The best adjectives that describe Manipur today are increasingly oxymoronic in nature – brutal justice, deafening silence, terrible beauty, street-fighters’ law etc… to name...
Think traffic disciplining
Imphal roads have become truly dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Each day there are some road mishaps somewhere. Yet, everybody seems to think these...
Collective leadership needed
The crisis that the Manipur government is currently caught in on account of tussles for power within the ruling Congress, is not only shameful,...
Banana State
In the days before the introduction of the Anti-Defection Law, among the states most prone to government instability because of floor crossing and horse...