Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam is Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He loves Reading, Writing, Teaching, Research and Cinema (making/studying movies)
Devils and Holy Cows By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam For the state of affairs, or the mess to be precise, in Manipur, whom do we hold responsible? Our political class and its leadership are the obvious class of people that come to our mind. Perhaps, our criticisms of this class of people are justified. Besides, pointing accusing fingers at the power… Read more →
Angomcha Bimol Akoijam ‘Ekai khumnabada matik charaba, thoidokna khang heiraba, resource person oibiduna mayai tangbal da lengsinbiriba sing-gi mafam da karisu khangjadraba eina wahang amakhakta hangjage. Wahang adidu asini…; Wahang asigi paukhum manga lei; ahanba paokhum…, anishubada…, ahumshubada…, masini; lemhouriba paokhum ani-dudi ei haijararoi, eikhoigi learned ojashing na khumbirak u, tajaning-e”! (To the ones, deserving of the honour and knowledgeable,… Read more →
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam Violence is expected in a conflict zone or area like Manipur. As a state wherein there has been armed confrontation between the security forces that defend the Indian Republic and the rebel groups that seek, or as some of them would insist, ‘defending’, Manipur’s sovereignty, violence is bound to be a part of its life and… Read more →
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam Corruption is a popular vocabulary in the discourses on public issues not only in Manipur but also in the other parts of the world. As a normative concept, it refers to a wide range of inappropriate, unacceptable and undesirable conducts of individuals and institutions. In that, corruption is something that is detrimental to the functioning of… Read more →
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam In a recent speech, the Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia reportedly said that the recent exodus of the northeast people from cities like Bangalore had brought tears in his eyes. And in the same speech, he also remarked, “India is the only country where a member of the minority Parsi community with a population of… Read more →
By A. Bimol Akoijam Chairperson, distinguished invitees, friends, and ladies and gentlemen. There are lots of academic professionals in this world. But there are few amongst them who pursue their vocation with a gifted intellectual competence and endearing commitment and style that draw the attention of not only the members of the academic tribe but also that of the larger… Read more →
By Angomcha Bimol Akoijam I am blessed with a daughter a few days back, on 15 July. Since then, it has been a hectic and testing time as she arrived earlier than the expected time. Although I have become a father, perhaps ‘fatherhood’ has yet to sink in. I suspect, it may be because she was kept away from us,… Read more →