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As Thousands of Children Test COVID-19 positive, Government is Gearing Up to Fight COVID-19 in Children
While less number of COVID-19 positive cases due to less number of tests are reported in the third and fourth week of August 2021, the

Insurgency Causes Mutant Democracy to Emerge in Nagaland
This review was first published in the current (August 28, 2001) issue of ‘Economic and Political Weekly’ under a slightly modified headline. The EPW story

Parables, Flying Scrolls and Fiction: What is Evil?
It is easy for derivative theoreticians who cannot creatively comprehend the deconstructive nature of creative texts to dismiss creative processes and their decentered layers and

R.K. Ranjan Moots Australian Swimming Coaches for National Sports University, Manipur
The Ministry of External Affairs is now taking initiatives to help in improving the performance of sportspeople. Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for

Veteran Pena Balladeer Khangembam Mangi Singh Who Has Given a Folk Art Form New Life
Khangembam Mangi Singh was born in 1925 at Lanshang in Manipur. He is one of the very few veteran Pena balladeers alive today. He now

As Afghanistan Hogs Headlines Everywhere, Myanmar Has Been Already Pushed Into Oblivion
The February military coup in Myanmar has now slowly but surely faded out of the headlines and public memory. Responses of international and regional institutions,

Seven Bills Introduced in Monsoon Session; Demand for AFSPA Lifting Not Reflected; FIFA Referee Ranjita for Asia Cup
Manipur Government introduced seven bills on the floor of the House on the first day of the 13th session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly

Manipur Must Now Reflect on How It Must Reconcile its Past With its Present and Future
India turned 75 as an independent modern nation on August 15. As every year, this was cause for celebration everywhere in the country, but there

How Khagi (Yunnan) Sacked Pong (Shan) Through Guiles as per Ancient Meitei Chronicle ‘Soraren Macha Khunkumba’
The following is an evaluation chiefly from an ancient Meitei chronicle “Sorarel gi Machana Khunkumba”, (Sons of Heavenly King Descending on the Earth) supplemented by



