Congress plus a cow
The BJP has released its first list of 31 candidates today. The list was more or less known a week earlier when the party...
Civil duty so civil law
The Supreme Court’s verdict two days ago, declaring the Army and police are not free to use excess force even under the Armed Forces...
Law and in-laws
This is not a new debate, but one which never ceases to be relevant. What happens when the vanguards of democracy begins reducing democracy...
Immature, selfish politics
Much has already been said of the essential flaws of democracy, including most famously by Britain’s all-time favourite leader, Winston Churchill that “democracy is...
Queues, queues everywhere Targeting the common man
Queues reflect discipline, a sort of civilised behaviour where order is maintained. Viewed from this perspective, the people of Manipur may be said to...
Deep divide over proposed Bill Refusing to see eye to eye
Four major players and at stake are the people. Two players diametrically opposite to each other while no one knows how one of the...
Study quake damages to think of future remedies
Tragic though it was, the most positive way of looking at the recent earthquake is to see it as a wakeup call. Thankfully, the...
Rescuing Hope
Poverty can be extremely depressing. It can dehumanize, depriving self-esteem as well as human dignity from those caught in its trap. If not for...
Divide over Bills
The divide over the three bills, supposedly designed to do what the Inner Line Permit System does, in checking immigration into the state so...
Talks and venue
A few questions have come to the fore in the recent endeavour to engage United Naga Council (UNC) and the state government in a...
Demonstrating concern for the students Packed like sardines
Concern for the young students. This is the sentiment which the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has demonstrated in its suggestions to schools...
Wasteful Litigations
Who ultimately pays for all the court cases the government gets to fight perennially, round the year every year? No prizes for guessing it...
Empowering the common
It has become a wont in Manipur to cite the example of those who made it big from the state as the evidence of...
Stability and opportunity
It really is an inspiring development for the people of the state especially for the government of Manipur that the Manipur Sangai Festival is...