Pseudo Anglophone Model: Manipur’s continuing predicament

By Amar Yumnam What is the twenty-first century model of development thinking and development intervention? The world has already learnt lessons from attempts in understanding any society and evolving policies based on that understanding based on the colonial legacy. The most important bitter lesson is that all along the world has been trying to attempt […]

By Amar Yumnam What is the twenty-first century model of development thinking and development intervention? The world has already learnt lessons from attempts in understanding any society and evolving policies based on that understanding based on the colonial legacy. The most important bitter lesson is that all along the world has been trying to attempt […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/pseudo-anglophone-model-manipurs-continuing-predicament/

Framework Agreement: A cry for territorial integrity of Manipur is not the solution, the ultimate is what Manipur can accept

Dr Th Suresh Singh Past link: Before the Framework Agreement of Modi Govt., it is worth to remember that i) former CM Ibobi met UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpat residence at 10-11.30 am on 11/11/2013. Sonia team included her political secretary Ahemad Patel, Home Minister SK Shinde, Defense Minister A.K. Antony and […]

Dr Th Suresh Singh Past link: Before the Framework Agreement of Modi Govt., it is worth to remember that i) former CM Ibobi met UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpat residence at 10-11.30 am on 11/11/2013. Sonia team included her political secretary Ahemad Patel, Home Minister SK Shinde, Defense Minister A.K. Antony and […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/framework-agreement-a-cry-for-territorial-integrity-of-manipur-is-not-the-solution-the-ultimate-is-what-manipur-can-accept/

Loktak: Who’s Lake, Who’s Tourism?

By Kalpana Thaoroijam Every visitor to Manipur wishes to visit Loktak pat or reminisces a visit to Sendra hillock, a boat-ride in local-made canoes, few clicks and poses, foods and drinks, and leave behind unwanted dumps.Earlier people visited Loktak area during Lai-haraoba (festivals of Meitei sylvan gods) of the local Thangjing deities. People and their […]

By Kalpana Thaoroijam Every visitor to Manipur wishes to visit Loktak pat or reminisces a visit to Sendra hillock, a boat-ride in local-made canoes, few clicks and poses, foods and drinks, and leave behind unwanted dumps.Earlier people visited Loktak area during Lai-haraoba (festivals of Meitei sylvan gods) of the local Thangjing deities. People and their […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/loktak-whos-lake-whos-tourism/

Promised Rs. 15 lakh per balance accounts missing, but 16000 fold profit rise for favourite son

By Garga Chatterjee The Union government Prime Minister Narendra Modi had exhorted hundreds of millions of citizens of the Indian Union to open bank accounts. This was after his pre-poll promise of putting 15 lakh Rupees in every citizen’s account by his capturing of black money. Many small deposit accounts were thus opened with bank […]

By Garga Chatterjee The Union government Prime Minister Narendra Modi had exhorted hundreds of millions of citizens of the Indian Union to open bank accounts. This was after his pre-poll promise of putting 15 lakh Rupees in every citizen’s account by his capturing of black money. Many small deposit accounts were thus opened with bank […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/promised-rs-15-lakh-per-balance-accounts-missing-but-16000-fold-profit-rise-for-favourite-son/

Rethinking Japan’s Investment in Manipur

By Jiten Yumnam Development financing by International Financial Institutions such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has become more intense in Manipur in recent years. India’s Look East or Act East policy has further facilitated the intrusion and investment of such financial institutions. The ADB […]

By Jiten Yumnam Development financing by International Financial Institutions such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank (WB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has become more intense in Manipur in recent years. India’s Look East or Act East policy has further facilitated the intrusion and investment of such financial institutions. The ADB […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/rethinking-japans-investment-in-manipur/

Board exams decoded

Albert Nameirakpam This article is for the people who want to still scored 80+ in CBSE boards but have not prepared anything till 6th of November. Introducing myself, I hate doing this but I have to do so because if people have to really follow my tips, they must first know me, so I am […]

Albert Nameirakpam This article is for the people who want to still scored 80+ in CBSE boards but have not prepared anything till 6th of November. Introducing myself, I hate doing this but I have to do so because if people have to really follow my tips, they must first know me, so I am […]

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To step lightly…change your self-image

Gyalwang Drupka It is the nature of the ego to take, and the nature of the spirit to share — Buddhist proverb What exactly is this thing called ‘ego’? Well, in my mind it is just that, a constructed ‘thing’ that we easily confuse with who we truly are. Our ego is our self-image, it’s […]

Gyalwang Drupka It is the nature of the ego to take, and the nature of the spirit to share — Buddhist proverb What exactly is this thing called ‘ego’? Well, in my mind it is just that, a constructed ‘thing’ that we easily confuse with who we truly are. Our ego is our self-image, it’s […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/to-step-lightlychange-your-self-image/

Prospect of sustainable development in Jiribam and Pherzawl districts

Lalthangvung Songate Due to rapid depletion of our land resources and environment and slow replenishment of them, Sustainable Development is urgently needed to be taken in our rural development Schemes and for the mitigation of Global warming. By Sustainable Development we mean, Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of […]

Lalthangvung Songate Due to rapid depletion of our land resources and environment and slow replenishment of them, Sustainable Development is urgently needed to be taken in our rural development Schemes and for the mitigation of Global warming. By Sustainable Development we mean, Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/prospect-of-sustainable-development-in-jiribam-and-pherzawl-districts/

Ignored realities: Downstream impacts of Mapithel dam

Jiten Yumnam Manipur of late, has seen several development processes targeting the land and natural resources of Manipur. Many of these development processes, both policies and specific projects are afflicted with larger social and environment challenges apart from longstanding and intergenerational impacts. In most situations, many of the impacts remain neglected or deliberately ignored. The […]

Jiten Yumnam Manipur of late, has seen several development processes targeting the land and natural resources of Manipur. Many of these development processes, both policies and specific projects are afflicted with larger social and environment challenges apart from longstanding and intergenerational impacts. In most situations, many of the impacts remain neglected or deliberately ignored. The […]

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History will not forgive us

Heikrujam Nabashyam “Chahi Lishing Anigi Mamangdagi Meitei Phooroop Asi Nation Amagi Thakta Masagi Civilization leijaraba Amasung Chaokhatle Hairiba Jattisingdagi Tadraba Phooroop Amani Maram Asina Meiteising Indian Constitutiongi ST Listta Yaoba Haibasi Maram Sukcha Chade “ — the Meeteis have been living since the last 2000 years as a nation ; they are no less than […]

Heikrujam Nabashyam “Chahi Lishing Anigi Mamangdagi Meitei Phooroop Asi Nation Amagi Thakta Masagi Civilization leijaraba Amasung Chaokhatle Hairiba Jattisingdagi Tadraba Phooroop Amani Maram Asina Meiteising Indian Constitutiongi ST Listta Yaoba Haibasi Maram Sukcha Chade “ — the Meeteis have been living since the last 2000 years as a nation ; they are no less than […]

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The heavenly designs of snowflakes

Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh The whole world is a nuclear family. We are all built of atoms. Now we know where we came from and who we are. So are the snowflakes. Everything has an architecture, based on physical laws of nature. Creativity thrives in the strangest places as that of snowflakes, somewhere in Heaven. […]

Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh The whole world is a nuclear family. We are all built of atoms. Now we know where we came from and who we are. So are the snowflakes. Everything has an architecture, based on physical laws of nature. Creativity thrives in the strangest places as that of snowflakes, somewhere in Heaven. […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/the-heavenly-designs-of-snowflakes/

The absurdity of the National Eligibility Test

Avijit Pathak I think I was lucky. When I was a university student, there was no National Eligibility Test (NET). Hence, I could afford to be like Dostoyevsky’s ‘ridiculous man’ – dreaming, imagining and wondering. I was not ‘precise’, ‘objective’ and ‘structured’. Instead, I cherished my epistemological anarchism. My professor once asked me to write […]

Avijit Pathak I think I was lucky. When I was a university student, there was no National Eligibility Test (NET). Hence, I could afford to be like Dostoyevsky’s ‘ridiculous man’ – dreaming, imagining and wondering. I was not ‘precise’, ‘objective’ and ‘structured’. Instead, I cherished my epistemological anarchism. My professor once asked me to write […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/the-absurdity-of-the-national-eligibility-test/

Elections make a mockery of democracy

Ashish Kothari Elections are a violation of democracy. Our once-in-five-years pilgrimage to the voting booth is a mockery of what democracy should actually mean. Aghast? Hold off for a bit on your judgement that I’m off my rocker, anti-national, or in any case not worth reading further. Hear me out. Democracy = demo (people) + […]

Ashish Kothari Elections are a violation of democracy. Our once-in-five-years pilgrimage to the voting booth is a mockery of what democracy should actually mean. Aghast? Hold off for a bit on your judgement that I’m off my rocker, anti-national, or in any case not worth reading further. Hear me out. Democracy = demo (people) + […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/elections-make-a-mockery-of-democracy/

North East faces uphill cancer challenge

Jyoti Shelar Lifestyle-related risk factors are being cited, compounded by an inadequate number of treatment centres in the region. Lifestyle-related cancers top the chart in the northeast region which has an overall high incidence of cancer in India. Oesophageal cancer is the highest in men followed by cancers of the lung and stomach, says a […]

Jyoti Shelar Lifestyle-related risk factors are being cited, compounded by an inadequate number of treatment centres in the region. Lifestyle-related cancers top the chart in the northeast region which has an overall high incidence of cancer in India. Oesophageal cancer is the highest in men followed by cancers of the lung and stomach, says a […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/north-east-faces-uphill-cancer-challenge/

Beauty and Money for a purpose(A tweak for the purse is essential)

Lunsieh Kipgen, IPS Festivals being part and parcel of human life and civilizations cannot be expunged from the annual-occasional hassle-knotted activities and celebration menus irrespective of the staggering expenses involved with them in the present day money economy. Traditional and cultural related festivals assume more importance today with the attachment of community-centric identity to festivals. […]

Lunsieh Kipgen, IPS Festivals being part and parcel of human life and civilizations cannot be expunged from the annual-occasional hassle-knotted activities and celebration menus irrespective of the staggering expenses involved with them in the present day money economy. Traditional and cultural related festivals assume more importance today with the attachment of community-centric identity to festivals. […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/11/beauty-and-money-for-a-purposea-tweak-for-the-purse-is-essential/

Not just the Gateway

Dr I Yaipharemba Manipur will be the centre stage of the India’s ambitious Act East Policy (AEP) in the form of physical corridor. The Trans Asian Highway intended to run from Moreh -Tamu (Myanmar) to Mandalay in Myanmar beside many other projects. The Policy is going to help the Natural Economic Zone (NEZ) i.e. the […]

Dr I Yaipharemba Manipur will be the centre stage of the India’s ambitious Act East Policy (AEP) in the form of physical corridor. The Trans Asian Highway intended to run from Moreh -Tamu (Myanmar) to Mandalay in Myanmar beside many other projects. The Policy is going to help the Natural Economic Zone (NEZ) i.e. the […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/10/not-just-the-gateway/

Hills are Better

Heikrujam Nabashyam “Sham, you get scholarship ?” “No, what do you mean” I said. My friend from Spicer Memorial College, Poona who became the first Vice-Chancellor of Spicer Adventist University, Pune asked me during our usual conversation that we used to have sitting under the trees of the Humanities Department of Poona University in 1980/81. […]

Heikrujam Nabashyam “Sham, you get scholarship ?” “No, what do you mean” I said. My friend from Spicer Memorial College, Poona who became the first Vice-Chancellor of Spicer Adventist University, Pune asked me during our usual conversation that we used to have sitting under the trees of the Humanities Department of Poona University in 1980/81. […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/10/hills-are-better/

NHPC’s Ithai Barrage for Loktak Lift Irrigation: Beautiful Promise?

Mamta Lukram The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Government of Manipur, published the report, ‘Brief Report on Major Development Projects taken up by Irrigation and Flood Control Department’ (IFCD), on Wednesday, 28th June, 2017, highlighting the IFCD’s commitment for development of i) Assured irrigation in the state by construction of Major & Medium […]

Mamta Lukram The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Government of Manipur, published the report, ‘Brief Report on Major Development Projects taken up by Irrigation and Flood Control Department’ (IFCD), on Wednesday, 28th June, 2017, highlighting the IFCD’s commitment for development of i) Assured irrigation in the state by construction of Major & Medium […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/10/nhpcs-ithai-barrage-for-loktak-lift-irrigation-beautiful-promise/

Autumn Festivals 2017- A Chauvinist’s Delight!

Sanatombi Angomcha Autumn finally packed up and left for the year with a mixed feeling. Winter barges in the seasonal gate and along arrives Mr. Yongchaak from Moreh ready to satiate the ‘yongchaak crazy’ appetite of Manipuris especially that of Imphalites. Amid potholes and leikhom leinaang, autumn festivals were held across/outside the state with great […]

Sanatombi Angomcha Autumn finally packed up and left for the year with a mixed feeling. Winter barges in the seasonal gate and along arrives Mr. Yongchaak from Moreh ready to satiate the ‘yongchaak crazy’ appetite of Manipuris especially that of Imphalites. Amid potholes and leikhom leinaang, autumn festivals were held across/outside the state with great […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/10/autumn-festivals-2017-a-chauvinists-delight/

Why are children still dying of vaccine-preventable Diphtheria?

Anup Agarwal and Yogesh Jain Eight weeks ago, Payal, a ten-year-old girl, came to the emergency room at Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS) or People’s Health Support Group in Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh with fever and neck pain. We diagnosed her with diphtheria and immediately provided her with the appropriate treatment, including antibiotics and anti-diphtheritic antiserum (ADS). […]

Anup Agarwal and Yogesh Jain Eight weeks ago, Payal, a ten-year-old girl, came to the emergency room at Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS) or People’s Health Support Group in Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh with fever and neck pain. We diagnosed her with diphtheria and immediately provided her with the appropriate treatment, including antibiotics and anti-diphtheritic antiserum (ADS). […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/10/why-are-children-still-dying-of-vaccine-preventable-diphtheria/