Bota, Sayyora and Qahramon were the students of the School of International Studies (SIS), JNU. They belong to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. We have kept in touch through the social networking sites till today. Bota is beautiful and decent, Sayyora is hard-working and Qahramon is witty and humorous. This is how Qahramon’s facebook profile reads “A very kind, flexible, merciful, easy… Read more →
By Amar Yumnam Our celebrated boxer says she is already preparing to shoot for the gold in the next Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. In fact Rio is one city in the world which keeps striking everyone’s mind around the world and all for good reasons. Let us recall romance first. The fabulously beautiful city has such an enthralling and… Read more →
By Emboi Serto KOM – the tribe M.C.Mary Kom belongs to is one of the six recognized tribes that form the KOMREM (Aimol, Chiru, Kom, Koren, Kharam and Purum). In Manipur we number around 40000 but are scattered in the foothills of all the districts. We also have descendants from the same forefathers though with different names in other states,… Read more →
By: John S. Shilshi Even as Manipur and the rest of India watched their favorite daughter entered the Excel boxing Arena in London with whispers of prayers on their lips and clenched fists, Mary Kom went down putting up a brave fight against a superior opponent, Nicola Adams, the local favorite. The physical advantage that Nicola enjoyed over Mary proved… Read more →
by Ananya S Guha North East India its people rightly feel is always in the news for the ‘wrong’ reasons. Portrayed as a region beset with ills and violence armchair academics only discuss issues of ethnicity. I have hardly come across analyses which go to the bare causes, its history and multiplicity of creative voices. Surely one Ratan Thiyam is not… Read more →