History as Selfie
This is not meant as a pun. This is not about territorial ambitions either. Nor is it a hint or wish for the arrival...
Rescuing Hope
Poverty can be extremely depressing. It can dehumanize, depriving self-esteem as well as human dignity from those caught in its trap. If not for...
Employability Decay
By the turn of the next generation, the Manipur society probably will be further segmented along a new class system, all this thanks to...
Kangla map hiccups
It is there for everybody to see that today the Kangla is becoming an important tourist destination not just for outside visitors to the...
Living Together
This is a familiar theme, and one which has been said in very many ways, at various forums, including the opinion page of this...
To arrest without criminalising
The annual ritual is complete for this year. Sharmila was rearrested late yesterday night on the charge of attempt to commit suicide, two days...
Sharmila Dilemma
Irom Sharmila is free again, but it is a foregone conclusion that she will be rearrested in a day or two probably on the...
Budget vision
The discussions and dissections of the Union Budget tabled in the Parliament by the Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley, have only begun. As expected,...
(Un)Civil Society
In the wake of the recent short-lived blockade on the highways by the Naga Students Federation, the question as to how civil is our...
Res Judicata to the Victims of Violence
Questions that have arisen from the proceedings that took place in Thounaojam Herojit`s case on 25/2/16 in the Court of District and Session Judge,...
Bane of Inequality
Perfect social and economic equality is a myth, which is perhaps why a perfect Communist state too has always been a dream too far....
Empowering the common
It has become a wont in Manipur to cite the example of those who made it big from the state as the evidence of...
Winter’s Tale
It is already nearing the edge of March. The birdsongs in the air are already heralding the onset of Spring, marked on the Meitei...
Peace Politics
Never before have ethnic relations in Manipur, and so too neighbouring Nagaland, been so complex and embittered. The fissures are suddenly beginning to be...