Striking a Balace: This way, that way or the Highway.

Much water has flown under the bridge since the last elections in Manipur. The past couple of years have witnessed some of the most unfortunate incidents in the history of the state, and the new government will have a massive task of healing the scars and mistakes of the past.  There is a plateful of […]

Much water has flown under the bridge since the last elections in Manipur. The past couple of years have witnessed some of the most unfortunate incidents in the history of the state, and the new government will have a massive task of healing the scars and mistakes of the past.  There is a plateful of […]

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Hills and valley: ages of living together separately

By Dr. Tuisem Ngakang Despite tall claim of the oneness of hills-valley, historical records are silent that hills and valley of Manipur are one, the idea of ‘hills valley brotherhood’ is a recent origin. The hollow chant of ‘ching-tam amadani’(oneness of hills and valley), ‘ching-tam machin manao’ (hills-valley brotherhood) should be stopped. No history can be […]

By Dr. Tuisem Ngakang Despite tall claim of the oneness of hills-valley, historical records are silent that hills and valley of Manipur are one, the idea of ‘hills valley brotherhood’ is a recent origin. The hollow chant of ‘ching-tam amadani’(oneness of hills and valley), ‘ching-tam machin manao’ (hills-valley brotherhood) should be stopped. No history can be […]

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Chakaan Gaan-Ngai, the living ritual festival of Zeliangrongs

Chaoba Kamson From previous issue The 6th Day – Worship of all gods It is believed that all the gods of Zeliangrong pantheon also participated in the celebration of Gaan-Ngai. So Raren Loumei, the performance of the sacrifices to seven Brother Gods and the deities worshipped by Zeliangrong people is observed on the last day […]

Chaoba Kamson From previous issue The 6th Day – Worship of all gods It is believed that all the gods of Zeliangrong pantheon also participated in the celebration of Gaan-Ngai. So Raren Loumei, the performance of the sacrifices to seven Brother Gods and the deities worshipped by Zeliangrong people is observed on the last day […]

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Becoming a rights defender

Ranjan K Baruah We have published about some basic concepts about human rights. One can be rights defender and choose this field as career. It may not be possible to get a quick job after having degree or qualification, so one need to take up challenges for few days.  A Masters degree alone often does […]

Ranjan K Baruah We have published about some basic concepts about human rights. One can be rights defender and choose this field as career. It may not be possible to get a quick job after having degree or qualification, so one need to take up challenges for few days.  A Masters degree alone often does […]

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Manipur: A time for Positive Bargaining and Abandoning the Zero Sum Game

v Manipur is a failed state riddled with insurgency, under-development, glaring ethnic divide and gargantuan corruption. From the point of the hill tribes the Government of Manipur has always been valley centric, much like the map of the state, and the hills subsist in oblivion. When the Naga-Kuki clashes rocked the hills in the 90s, […]

v Manipur is a failed state riddled with insurgency, under-development, glaring ethnic divide and gargantuan corruption. From the point of the hill tribes the Government of Manipur has always been valley centric, much like the map of the state, and the hills subsist in oblivion. When the Naga-Kuki clashes rocked the hills in the 90s, […]

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Dr Momocha Thangjam Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a radiological investigation that uses magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of organs and structures inside the body. The MRI scanner is a tube surrounded by a giant circular magnet. The patient is placed on a movable bed that is inserted into […]

Dr Momocha Thangjam Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a radiological investigation that uses magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of organs and structures inside the body. The MRI scanner is a tube surrounded by a giant circular magnet. The patient is placed on a movable bed that is inserted into […]

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Chakaan Gaan-Ngai, the living ritual festival of Zeliangrongs

Chaoba Kamson From previous issue Dining together with merry making. Then boys and girls will spend dining together, indulge in merry making, entertain drinking, eating, dancing, joking, singing etc. They may arrange a programme of waving of sash (pazeimei). Some boys look after the village singing the village guarding songs for the whole night. That […]

Chaoba Kamson From previous issue Dining together with merry making. Then boys and girls will spend dining together, indulge in merry making, entertain drinking, eating, dancing, joking, singing etc. They may arrange a programme of waving of sash (pazeimei). Some boys look after the village singing the village guarding songs for the whole night. That […]

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End the blame game in Manipur

By Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen   The state of Manipur has been hit by over two months of indefinite economic blockade on the national highways 2 and 37 – Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Jiribam – which are the two lifelines that connect the state with other parts of India. The blockade, which is imposed by the United Naga […]

By Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen   The state of Manipur has been hit by over two months of indefinite economic blockade on the national highways 2 and 37 – Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Jiribam – which are the two lifelines that connect the state with other parts of India. The blockade, which is imposed by the United Naga […]

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ESC for PG Courses, MU–Reminiscence of certain abnormal cases

Prof N Irabanta Singh Introduction While serving Manipur University, Canchipur as Dean, School of Life Sciences (28/01/2012 to 27/01/2015), the present writer also served as Chairman, Examination Standing Committee for PG courses (vide office order no. 1621 dated 11th March, 2013). In this article, he expresses his own views on the reminiscence of certain abnormal […]

Prof N Irabanta Singh Introduction While serving Manipur University, Canchipur as Dean, School of Life Sciences (28/01/2012 to 27/01/2015), the present writer also served as Chairman, Examination Standing Committee for PG courses (vide office order no. 1621 dated 11th March, 2013). In this article, he expresses his own views on the reminiscence of certain abnormal […]

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Chakaan Gaan-Ngai, the living ritual festival of Zeliangrongs

Chaoba Kamson Contd from previous issue Gaan-Ngai brings unity People work, eat and drink together, dance and sing together, shout huai and beat drum together, discuss together relating to the festival,  attire new and clean customary dresses, enjoy happily together spending the whole night singing the village guarding songs and carry out the singing competition. […]

Chaoba Kamson Contd from previous issue Gaan-Ngai brings unity People work, eat and drink together, dance and sing together, shout huai and beat drum together, discuss together relating to the festival,  attire new and clean customary dresses, enjoy happily together spending the whole night singing the village guarding songs and carry out the singing competition. […]

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The need to do away with corruption to build a prosperous welfare society

Khelsoril Wanbe One thing that we often hear in Manipur is the complaint about the existence of high level of corruption. We do, however, also sometimes hear some kind of implicit denial of the existence of this complex and subtle monster or fairy. In fact, corruption does exist almost everywhere where men exist; but the […]

Khelsoril Wanbe One thing that we often hear in Manipur is the complaint about the existence of high level of corruption. We do, however, also sometimes hear some kind of implicit denial of the existence of this complex and subtle monster or fairy. In fact, corruption does exist almost everywhere where men exist; but the […]

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Chakaan Gaan-Ngai, the living ritual festival of Zeliangrongs

Chaoba Kamson The Zeliangrong people are found scattered in the present Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Tamenglong, Noney, Jiribam, Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Senapati districts of Manipur. They are also found settling in Nagaland in its Paren, Dimapur and Kohima districts and in Assam in its Dima-Hasao, Cachar and Heilakandi districts. The present article attempts […]

Chaoba Kamson The Zeliangrong people are found scattered in the present Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Tamenglong, Noney, Jiribam, Churachandpur, Kangpokpi and Senapati districts of Manipur. They are also found settling in Nagaland in its Paren, Dimapur and Kohima districts and in Assam in its Dima-Hasao, Cachar and Heilakandi districts. The present article attempts […]

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Blockade & bandh bonanzas

Free Thinker Today the ‘Jewel of India’ may rightly be retitled as the ‘land of bandhs & blockades’. In a year, nearly 5/6 months are under the spell of either bandh or blockade. In the name of highlighting grievances, pursuing demands and settling scores with the enemy or authorities any organisation ( any body) can […]

Free Thinker Today the ‘Jewel of India’ may rightly be retitled as the ‘land of bandhs & blockades’. In a year, nearly 5/6 months are under the spell of either bandh or blockade. In the name of highlighting grievances, pursuing demands and settling scores with the enemy or authorities any organisation ( any body) can […]

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Significance of Gaan-Ngai festival

Budha Kamei “Festival is a time of merriment and enjoyment, to imbibe the spirit of love and brotherhood.” Introduction: The Zeliangrong are one of the natives of Northeast India. Racially, they belong to Mongloid stock and speak the Tibeto-Burman language. Tradition says, the Zeliangrong ancestors originated from a cave recognized as Mahou Taobei; they moved […]

Budha Kamei “Festival is a time of merriment and enjoyment, to imbibe the spirit of love and brotherhood.” Introduction: The Zeliangrong are one of the natives of Northeast India. Racially, they belong to Mongloid stock and speak the Tibeto-Burman language. Tradition says, the Zeliangrong ancestors originated from a cave recognized as Mahou Taobei; they moved […]

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Ibobi has lost control over his own creation Leviathan “Manipur”

Sira Kharay Ibobi’s Manipur today resembles an Orwellian dystopian allegory and the world may witness the inflaming Manipur to re-read the Orwellian “Animal Farm” and one thing would be certain: the end is likely to be the worst entrapping in the self-inflicted world of dogma and delusion. Ibobi’s idea of Manipur is the idea of […]

Sira Kharay Ibobi’s Manipur today resembles an Orwellian dystopian allegory and the world may witness the inflaming Manipur to re-read the Orwellian “Animal Farm” and one thing would be certain: the end is likely to be the worst entrapping in the self-inflicted world of dogma and delusion. Ibobi’s idea of Manipur is the idea of […]

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Reinterpreting the Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1920

Prof Lal Dena The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1820 was an epoch-making event not only of the history of Manipur but also of modern Indian history. Recently it has become a subject of serious research among academicians and scholars of different disciplines. But what has been so far sidetracked is its national and international character. The very […]

Prof Lal Dena The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1820 was an epoch-making event not only of the history of Manipur but also of modern Indian history. Recently it has become a subject of serious research among academicians and scholars of different disciplines. But what has been so far sidetracked is its national and international character. The very […]

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Milk hygiene practice in India

Rubyta Chanam Generally animals are milked at least twice a day worldwide including India, which can influence hygiene quality of milk considerably. Tropical climate, inadequate cooling facilities, wide spread adulteration, lack of quality consciousness and small scale scattered production are the prevailing conditions in India. In India milk production and distribution are currently being  followed  […]

Rubyta Chanam Generally animals are milked at least twice a day worldwide including India, which can influence hygiene quality of milk considerably. Tropical climate, inadequate cooling facilities, wide spread adulteration, lack of quality consciousness and small scale scattered production are the prevailing conditions in India. In India milk production and distribution are currently being  followed  […]

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My maiden sojourn of enchanting North-east – Part 2

By Kajal Chatterjee Contd from previous issue The speciality of Kohima was perhaps the supreme dominance of the youth brigade. In my 45 years of existence till date and travel across almost all corners of India and few neighbouring nations as well, I am yet to experience any city which is as youthful as Kohima. […]

By Kajal Chatterjee Contd from previous issue The speciality of Kohima was perhaps the supreme dominance of the youth brigade. In my 45 years of existence till date and travel across almost all corners of India and few neighbouring nations as well, I am yet to experience any city which is as youthful as Kohima. […]

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My maiden sojourn of enchanting North-east – Part 1

By Kajal Chatterjee It was the year 1989. One fine morning, my father announced that we are going to visit the North-East during Durga Puja holidays! Oh my joy knew no bounds! As my father was attached to Central Government, he used to avail Leave Travel Concession to tour various parts of India. We had […]

By Kajal Chatterjee It was the year 1989. One fine morning, my father announced that we are going to visit the North-East during Durga Puja holidays! Oh my joy knew no bounds! As my father was attached to Central Government, he used to avail Leave Travel Concession to tour various parts of India. We had […]

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Chronicle of a conflict foretold

In Manipur, everyone will have to agree to a shared homeland if the crisis is to be solved By Pradip Phanjoubam (This article was first published in The Hindu in its December 28 edition) The tragedy of the current communal flashpoint in Manipur is that for a long time there has been a sense of […]

In Manipur, everyone will have to agree to a shared homeland if the crisis is to be solved By Pradip Phanjoubam (This article was first published in The Hindu in its December 28 edition) The tragedy of the current communal flashpoint in Manipur is that for a long time there has been a sense of […]

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