Of this and that
By Chitra Ahanthem
It's been an eventful time for sure in Imphal: events across the town! Along with the Chinjak festival that was held at...
Non-Occurrence Of Development: Manipur riddle
Non-Occurrence Of Development: Manipur riddle
By Amar Yumnam
The biggest riddle of Manipur is the potential and revealed capability of the people accompanied by the continuous...
Messiness as Social Agenda: Dilemma of transition
By Amar Yumnam
Every individual and every society goes through phases of transformation. This is however never a continuous process nor a linear progression. It...
The Loktak:The tragedy and the way forward
By Amar Yumnam
The author is celebrating his 25 wedding anniversary today and we wish him many happy returns of the day
To an academic, a...
ARE THE MEITEI GETTING A SHORT SHRIFT FROM THEIR TRIBAL BROTHERS?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Of course, they are. A crying baby gets more milk. With the free infant formula milk from New Delhi, the...
Economy Wounded, But Who Cares: Vote, governance and slippery population
By Amar Yumnam
On the second Saturday of this month, I entered with a friend a high-end cookies and sweetmeat store in Imphal; being high-end,...
Let children be themselves
Chitra Ahanthem.
This week threw a major surprise in the form of a newspaper advertisement in a daily Manipuri newspaper. It was an announcement for...
HOW DID MANIPUR COME UP FROM UNDER WATER?
By:Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
There is some archaeological evidence that the valley of Manipur was once filled with water. The Meitei Puya also mentions that...
Silent Crises In Manipur: Time for application of mind, evolution of policy and action...
By Amar Yumnam
Manipur is now facing serious social crises with national, international and provincial implications, and which are not perceived as such by the...
Strange people, strange world
By: Tinky Ningombam
No-one wants to be a stranger and be called one. You are as strange as the next person. Everyone in this world...
Time to Be Student, Time for Social Change and Time for Equalisation
By Amar Yumnam
Now is the time to be a student of Social Science –Economics, Political Theory, and Sociology in particular. There is so much...
The Art of Gifting
By Tinky Ningombam
Christmas is around the corner and so are the New Year’s celebrations and all I see are people buying presents. I always...
Why Meitei Ethnonationalism?
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
I am very moved with this email from EMMI SERTO, especially by the noble task he is undertaking. There are...
Wise old Socrates
Socrates is such an important figure in the root history of modernity. His famous aphorism, “The unexamined life is not worth living” is a central tenet of modern times. He dared those around him to question their lives, to take nothing for granted, to accept no authority but that of their mind.
