Imphal Free Press is a Leading Newspaper in Manipur published daily in English.
By Tinky Ningombam Morning after morning, I am woken out of my bed with an alarm clock that would ring a couple of hours too early. While during the nights before, everything in the world would conspire against my sleeping. A message that would need to read, a movie that I would have to watch, a chapter in the book… Read more →
By M.C. Linthoingambee As we braced ourselves to the announcement of a storm, did any of us take a moment to think what we have done wrong? The Cyclone Mahasen has been one of the recent leading breaking news heating up the news buzz around the world with Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka being the badly hit regions. Perhaps now,… Read more →
An account of the February 2012 Indo-Myanmar Friendship Car Rally By Pradip Phanjoubam The road from Tamu, the Myanmar township just across the Indian border, to Kalemyo via Kalewa, could have been any Indian road in terms of construction quality and feel. This is hardly surprising, for this 160 km stretch of two lane asphalt was built by India’s BRO… Read more →
By Ananya S Guha The recent clashes in Assam once again reveal the gory and tragic history of India’s North East. Political and Social commentators have tried to explain away the North East problems in a very facile manner without looking into the complex nature of the problems, be they ethnic, political or militant issues. They have taken a singular… Read more →
Theme: Healthy Heart Beat – Healthy Blood Pressure By Dr. Ksh. Kala Singh Every year 17th May is dedicated to World Hypertension Day (WHD). This is an initiative of the World Hypertension League (WHL), an umbrella organization of 85 national hypertension societies and leagues. The world hypertension Day was 1st inaugurated in May 2005 and has become an annual event… Read more →
By Anil Bhat One cannot but lament at how a state so rich in its heritage of culture, sports and arts is held to ransom by a deadly combination of lack of development and progress; armed groups which began as classic insurgencies but converted to terrorism, extortion, murder and even treachery; corruption; vote-bank based politcs; foot-dragging bureaucracy; poorly trained and… Read more →
By B.G. Verghese The big news, though still coming in, is of course a famous victory for democracy in Pakistan and a courageous rejection of Islamist fundamentalism despite a mixed verdict. As many as 26 lives were lost to fundamentalist mayhem on polling day and 100 more since the poll campaign began in April. Fear kept away some polling staff… Read more →
By Amar Yumnam The non-enticing and absolutely low growth rate of the Indian economy during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s was aptly described by the inimitable Professor Raj Krishna, a brilliant product of Chicago University, as the Hindu Growth Rate. The economic reforms initiated during 1991 made it look like India had left the slow and non-assertive nature behind. But… Read more →
By M.C. Linthoingambee Are we really insured, that is the question? I came across a few case files while interning at a firm and the `Terms and Conditions` of an Insurance Policy seems to hold a monopoly rather than serve as an assurance. The Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) serves the highest ranking guide for all Insurance Agencies in… Read more →
By Soibam Haripriya ‘The only reason to learn a language is to be able to read its poetry’ – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak What prompted this write up was a two years old photograph of the banner of the North East Theatre Festival 2011 organised by N.T. Theatre, Manipur. Sophocles’ Antigone was performed by Theatre Mirror (directed by Wareppa Naba), Dr…. Read more →