How yellow is yellow
The term yellow `“ not so much the colour it signifies but the meaning it carries `“ is very familiar in the world of...
Mind colonisation
In a hyperbolic way, there is so much similarity between insurgency and the feminist movement and for that matter other related notions such as...
Manipur Besieged
In these troubled times, it is difficult not to be reminded of the stand taken by moderate Muslims, such as Maulana Azad, to oppose...
Tackling moving targets
Towards the end of 2004, the editor of the IFP had done a series of three articles after a trip to Italy. One of...
When will they learn?
From all appearances, the present crisis in Manipur following the Manipur State Legislative Assembly passing three controversial bills designed to check population influx into...
Idea Ahead of Substance
Although nobody considers the Marxist economic model seriously anymore, it would still be simplistic to say its influences on current thinking, not just in...
Legitimizing Wealth
Who says corruption, both in the official as well as in the unofficial worlds, has ended in Manipur. All this is despite decades of...
Separation thoughts
The trouble that exploded in the wake of the demand for the Inner Line Permit Sytem, ILPS, first and then in the aftermath of...
What to believe
While there can be no doubt that civil society movements in the Northeast, probably Manipur being the foremost, have always been very strong, it...
Opportunistic resignations
All four MLAs from the Naga People`™s Front, NPF, namely L. Dikho of 48-Mao, Samuel Risom of 44-Ukhrul, ST Victor Nunghlung of 41 Chandel...
Ethnic fraternity romance
Maybe things have gone too far to turn back. Maybe what we are witnessing today was always destine to happen. The myth of ethnic...
Honest Media
Not as opposed to a free media, but in addition to being a free media, what is also extremely important is giving substance to...
In the other`s shoes
We hope the trouble in Manipur subsides soon, though even wishing this comes with a measure of inexplicable guilt, now that there have been...
Depressing Scenario
What is it that would affect the hill districts if the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, MLR&LR Act 1960 were to be...