Absent Civic Citizenship
A basic difference between the West and the East in attitude towards ideal citizenship is rather pronounced and fits into a familiar stereotype. Once...
The Siege Within
People who visit Manipur for the first time or after a long gap, have often remarked that their impression of the state is that...
Coordination Needed
Practically every commentator of politics of Manipur must have said or written about this. Indeed practically every lay debater in the morning tea stalls...
Looking East
Persistently writing on a single topic has the danger of repetition of points. But this is a characteristic hazard of all campaigns, including journalistic...
Culture and Progress
How much is culture responsible for the progress made or the lack of it of any given society? Or more provocatively in our context,...
Happy Serendipity
One of the unforeseen but serendipitous fallouts in Manipur of the local area development funds made available to legislators, has been a sudden and...
Honesty as Revolution
Corruption has become such a crippling issue in Manipur today, and everybody knows it too, yet precious little has ever been done to seriously...
Bandh Menace
If there is anything desperately overdue on the part of the Manipur government, it is in asserting its presence and authority in the affairs...
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...
Fragile Valley Ecology
A lot many water bodies have died up in the Imphal Valley. In their footsteps may follow the rest of the remaining natural water...
O When May it Suffice
Manipur’s cup of woe has never been empty. While it is unlikely any place in the world has not had their shares of misfortunes,...
After the euphoria
The Congress government led by Okram Ibobi suffered a jolt today, but perhaps it is not as bad as many have made it out...
Nagaland media hits back
There is an uncanny familiarity the media fraternity in Manipur would be sensing in the predicament their colleagues in Nagaland are facing today. Following...
Who leaders lead
The current crisis over the demand for the implementation of the Inner Line Permit System, among others, has brought to the fore once again...