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Manipur’s Budget Planners Must Keep Sri Lanka’s Fate in Mind and be Worried About Excessive Welfare-ism
Reading Manipur’s budget speech each year cannot but leave anyone with a concern for the future worried. What becomes evident each time is the unsustainability

Poor-quality medicines are everyone’s problem
By Sangeeta Tanna and Rachel Armitage, De Montfort University in Leicester COVID-19 has shown that regulatory processes can fail anywhere, allowing poor-quality medicines through.

Manipur Government’s Plan to Start Special Coaching for Government Schools to Produce Toppers is Against the Spirit of National Education Policy 2020
As long as the system of education and its assessment allows, producing toppers of secondary and higher secondary examinations is generally considered as accpetable and

Daughter of a Village Head is Now the First Female Tribal President of India: The Political Journey of Mrs. Droupadi Murmu
The dreams of the poor in the country does not remains as dream only, now time has come that those dreams turn into reality which

Challenges of Rational and Appropriate Westernisation Amongst Contemporary Manipuri Women
In modern times, Manipuri society in general but in particular that of the valley dwellers, the Meiteis, is showing disturbing signs of a cultural and

Manipuri Polo Ponies and Polo Players Must be Saved from the Threats of Marginalisation and Extinction
Sagol kangjei now popularly known as “Modern Polo” in the world originated in Manipur, a north-eastern state of India since the time of Ebudhou Marjing

A spoonful of sugar can stop the (fake) medicine going down
By William H. Grover, University of California, Riverside in Riverside The key ingredient in detecting a counterfeit medicine could be in your kitchen. Pantries

Manipur Budget 2022-2023 Presented; BJP Youth Wing Attack Congress Bhavan; CCpur Medical College to Start; Nagas Take Out Solidarity Walk; IRB Recruitment Result after Assembly Session
State Budget 2022-23 Presented Manipur Power Minister Thongam Biswajit on July 25 presented the full budget estimates for the financial year 2022-23 during the first

NEP-2020 Can Overturn Manipur’s College Education Structure Radically
Without any doubt, like it or not, the National Education Policy, NEP-2020, will come into full force sooner than later. There are many commendable features

A view of Imphal East near the Hatta junction

Tupul Tragedy Again Demonstrates Nature Can Also Become What Yeats Described as “A Terrible Beauty”
It is never easy to rationalise tragedy, but terrifying as

How Maharaja Marjit Singh Came to Leave Behind Descendants in Myanmar
British writer Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S. in his book

Women in Crime in Manipur Are Almost Always More Sinned Against Than They Have Sinned
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged

Fathers as Leaders are Fathers Who are Willing to Partner in Family Raising
In earlier times, a man would say, ‘my wife is

Ironic that Earth Day Celebration Brought to the Fore Manipur’s Toxic Hill-Valley Divide, but is this Divide Primal or Recent
Nongmaijing incident Another world environment day, June 5, just passed

A Shade of Green: Another One of M.K. Binodini’s Immortal Lyrics – Sangbanabi
Sangbannabi, eigi Sangbannabi Khummu wa ngang’u – eingonda yeng’u Mai


In the Ethnic Milieu of NE, the Need is for Indigenisation to be Welcomed and Colonisation Resisted


Women in Crime in Manipur Are Almost Always More Sinned Against Than They Have Sinned


Indo-Pacific and the Quest for the Soul of Quad: Broad Consensus at Tokyo Summit on Managing Assertive China

Non-Features Section of the 14th Manipur State Film Award Lacked the Number but Showed Promise

Illustrating ‘Jalabhara Dinarathrangal’: Lines, Water and Beyond Dr. Soman Katalur


From National Awardee Parents to Padma Shri Awardee Son – Konsam Ibomcha’s Journey as a Master Doll Maker

Padma Shri for Preserving the Old Aged Traditional Liba to Mrs Bino of Manipur


Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022: From Women Perspectives


Going Beyond Tokenism – Manipur Seriously Needs More Women Elected Representatives For its Own Welfare



In Patriarchy’s Toxicity, the Masculine Perpetrator is as Much a Victim Sobbing in Solitude

“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-1







Manipur Needs to be Extremely Wary of its Dying Water Bodies

