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My Shortest Day: Dusk to Dawn and no Night
This is the concluding part of a 5-part travelogue I did on my first trip to USA in 2002, first published in Imphal Free Press.
Flawed Hill-Valley Categorisation in Fund Allocation in Manipur and How This May Have Come About
Hill and Valley Categories The raging storm over the allegation of extremely disproportionate fund allocation between the valley and hills in Manipur should trouble everyone
CM Says ADCs Will Be Strengthened With More Autonomy, Greeted Black Flags in CCpur; Speaker Withdraws Controversial HAC Order; Kuki Black Day Call
After the controversial issue of proposed Manipur Autonomous District Councils (ADC) Bill 2021 and subsequent induction and withdrawal new members to the Hill Areas Committee
Continued Closure of Schools and Khwairamband Nupi Keithels Will Adversely Affect Manipur’s Future Generation and Economy
While all other activities including business and service sectors are allowed to conduct their businesses for reasonable hours a day following COVID-19 appropriate behaviours, the
The Poet Lamabam Kamal: Life and Times – Part 2
From the volume Confluence: Essays on Manipuri Literature and Culture complied and edited by B.S. Rajkumar. Continued from previous issue Kamal‘s Education Sir James
My First Trip to America in 2002 Was Also My longest day
(This is a report written two decades ago after the author returned from his first trip to America) It was the longest day in my
Government Finance Department Clarifies Allegation of Diversion of Funds From Hill Areas is Incorrect
The State Finance Department, Government of Manipur, has strongly refuted a statement circulated in social media on the diversion of funds from the Hill Areas
Tribal Unity Day Held; Education Department Prepares to Reopen Educational Institutions; Dispute Over Tunnel Naming; Drugs Seized
While the education department is preparing to re-open educations institutions, the health department says it is not right time. Manipur Health Services director Dr K
Anatomy of a Failed Integrity: Too Deeply Enmeshed to Separate Peacefully, Too Alienated Mutually to be Happy Together
The tension over the push for more autonomy for the hills of Manipur, must not be allowed to fester further. Whatever it is, whether the
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