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...
Politicians or Statesmen
The annual India Today Conclaves, have always been something to watch for. Using its resources, this premier news magazine has been able to bring...
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...
Blockade over shadowing dists creation Point already delivered
It should be more than apparent to all. With election less than 30 days and with the United Naga Council not showing any indication...
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...
Ugly lesson
Even as the atrocious blockade by the United Naga Council along Manipur’s two major lifelines continues on the issue of the proposal for creation...
Amoebic short sight
A fascinating question posed by German philosopher Karl Popper in All Life is Problem Solving (Routledge Classic), a collection of essays by him, in the opening...
Balance of terror
May 21 is observed in India officially as Anti-Terrorism Day. This was the day in 1991 that former Prime Minster of India, Rajiv Gandhi...
Unwittingly strengthening Ibobi Intention defeated
It is definitely not intentional, but by imposing the economic blockade the United Naga Council (UNC) and the NSCN (IM) may be said to...
Revitalizing Education
A speech by Mark Twain in 1900 opposing a move in certain quarters of the American government to close down some public schools (public...
Intensifying war of words Other important issues
The war of words is hotting up. Not surprising for at stake here is the State of Manipur for at least the next five...
Law and its Keepers
Politicians are known for making promises to win support and popularity but seldom with a belief in what are promised. They get away with...
Incomplete idea of India as a Nation Need to do more than Act East
Prove your Nationality in your own country. Sounds ludicrous, but this is exactly what happened when a group of students from Central Agriculture University,...
Present tense, future perfect
One of Manipur’s most problematic issues awaiting a resolution is a general mindset entrapped in the pre-modern time frame, when the rest of the...