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Saturday, November 30, 2024

Social factors for crimes

There is no two ways about it: crimes are on the rise in the state. And while it is common for more crimes targeted...

Photography and its relevance.

Today is World Photography day. The observation of this day is relatively young and commemorates the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed...

Science and literature

Leader writer:  Yumnam Vedajit   Various films are based on literary works and comic books. In the film, Spider Man II, Peter Parker gets into a...

Domestic violence and silence

The state is not alien to mob justice and for sundry ‘people groups’ to take matters into their own hands. The state media is...

Patriotism and Jingoism

The fall-outs of the Anglo-Manipur war in 1891 are manifold. While the victory of the British in the war led to Manipur losing its...

Contesting Beauty pageants.

It is not uncommon for feminist groups to be affronted by what is termed the ‘beauty contest culture’. Their line of thought is that...

Laughter is serious business

Laughter, a basic expression of human emotions is now no longer confined to personal and social spaces but is now being tapped in by...

Parenting technology

A new report in the health section of a national newspaper has revealed that the prolonged use of handheld devices is causing spinal deformities...

Tracking crime records.

There is a simple credo that the perfect crime does not exist today given the amount of digital and electronic footprints that people leave...

Official casualty

The suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, an IAS officer of the 2010 batch from Uttar Pradesh cadre for reportedly taking stringent action against illegal...

Illegal social drives.

Instances of mob justice and social drives are not uncommon in the state. The much glorified Meira Paibi movement is in fact based on...

The Alcoholic Hiccup

By Wangkheimayum Bhupendra Singh   An inebriated stupor reportedly cost two young Village Defence Force personnel their jobs over a petty issue as both stand as...

Shame and its symbolism

The term ‘banana republic’ first made its entry into the English vocabulary when the American writer O. Henry used it to describe the fictional...

Exploitation fuelling human trafficking

Manipur as a source for the trafficking of children and young girls to other parts of the country is evident from the reports that...