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A Bureaucracy’s Allegiance Must Remain With ‘Law’ and Service ‘Rules’ But it Must also be Gifted with a Heart for the Public
In Max Weber depiction of bureaucracy, the official serving the bureaucracy and their loyalty is to the “rule” or the “constitution” and there is no

Manipuri Vaishnava Music and the Sattriya Ojapali Music of Assam: A Fresh Look – Part 1
(From the volume “Confluence Essays on Manipuri Literature and Culture” by the author, compiled and edited by B.S. Rakumar) Introduction: The present essay attempts

The Creative World of Aribam Syam Sharma, Veteran and Virtuoso Manipuri Film Maker
Manipur film is set to complete 50 years of existence in 2022. The first full feature film, “Matamgi Manipur” was completed and screened in 1972.

Ningol Chakouba as Reminder of the Distinction Between “Signifier” and “Signified” in the Patriarchal Order
We are once again on the threshold of another season of winter’s magical months. It is indeed happy serendipity that many, if not most of

Manipur to be Self Sufficient in Fish Production; Kut, Diwali, Ningol Chakouba Mark Festive Season
Government claims Manipur on way to becoming self sufficient in fish production by 2022. This comes in a week marked by the start of the

If Manipur Schools Are Not Reopened Soon While the Rest of India Has Reopened, Manipur Will Miss a Generation
While all the states and union territories of India have already reopened schools and the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also recently announced that

Two Manipuri Films, “Loktak Lairembi” and “Tainted Mirror”, Raise the Bar of Psychological Drama to New Heights in Their Own Different Ways – Part-1
Two films, one not so recent, the other oven fresh, should be treated as new landmarks in the Manipuri film world’s exploration of human psychology.

Manipuri Dance: A Look Through the Glorious Past and Finding a Helpful Future – Part 2
(The following is the last part of the ‘Keynote Address’ continuing from the last upload of IRAP, given by the author at the National Dance

Dedicating Andaman Peak to Manipur is Great, But Exposed Again is also Manipur’s Sloppy Scholastic Research Tradition
The renaming of Mt. Harriet in the Andaman and Nicobar Island as Mt. Manipur in honour of Maharaja Kulachandra, his brother from a different queen