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Kaleidoscopic Images of a Culture: A Cinematic Effort Celebrating Aribam as a “Rishi” of Our Times
Joshy Joseph’s “Laparoscopic Cinemascapes” featuring the veteran Aribam Syam Sharma – now in his 80’s – is actually a kind of a full encounter with

How an Indian city saved 1000 lives a year
By Priya Dutta and Dileep Mavalankar, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, and Prima Madan, Natural Resources Defense Council in Ahmedabad, India Community outreach

Indigeneity Contest in Northeast: Who is an Outsider?
A unidimensional portrayal of deep-rooted issues like the indigenous people’s movement is replete with the danger of unjustified oversimplification. All the same, a closer look

Although The Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election is So Near the Final Solution of the Peace Talk between GOI and NSCN (IM) Is Yet To See the Light of the Day
The peace talk between the Government of India (GOI) and the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland – NSCN (IM) will complete

As a Ban on Single-Use Plastic Comes into Force, People in Manipur Prepare to Adjust to the New Norm
Everyone lets do a simple exercise. Let’s look carefully around our homes, we will be surprised to find out the total numbers of things containing

Three Pillars on Which a Good School Must Stand on – Administration, Teachers and Students
Most awaited results of High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) and Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examinations, 2022 have been declared. HSLC is conducted by

Choosing the right trees for a changing climate
By Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Sally Power and Mark Tjoelker, Western Sydney University in Sydney Climate change is killing trees in cities, forcing changes in urban

Manipur Tops NE and Hill States in NITI Aayog Innovation Index; COCOMI and UNC Demand NRC; Top NHIDCL Officials in Imphal Resign
Manipur has topped in the ‘North East and Hill States’ category in the third edition of NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index. Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren

Archbishop Joseph Mittathany Has Departed but His Vision and Mission for Manipur Will Live on
A leader passed away on the 11th of July 2022. An architect has left us; a foresighted soul who inspired thousands has left us a

A view of Imphal East near the Hatta junction

Manipur Needs a Policy to Tap and Promote Ingenious Minds and Rich Innovative Skills of Youths From State
Though small in size and population Manipur is Manipuris excel

The Nexus of Bandhs, Blockades, and Blackouts and Their Impact on Developmental Justice
Book Name: Infrastructure of Injustice: State and Politics in Manipur and

How Fictions Created by Humans Came to Determine Their Reality and How This Can be Moderated
Nobody can doubt the power the notion of identity commands.

India and France in the Indo-Pacific: A Marriage of Autonomies
Among the most important partnerships that India has built with

Even if Identities Are Fictive Creations, They Are as Real as Anything Real
Even if the notion of ethnic identity is not intrinsic,

Religion demystified: Did Societies Create Religions in Their Own Image, or is There Something More to it?
English evolutionist and cultural anthropologist, Edward Tylor in his book “primitive

How Fictions Created by Humans Came to Determine Their Reality and How This Can be Moderated

Cognitive Revolution Should Provide Insights on Ways Out of Many of Our Current Problems

As Public Intellectual’s Space and Freedom Shrink, Galileo’s Fate Haunts Again



Society Needs ‘Moral Regulations’ to Ensure an Equilibrium That Guarantees Justice for All

Unworldly and Torturous Alienation is a Precondition of the Supremely Creative

Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 3

Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 2


Th. Tombi Singh: The Gifted Artist Committed to His Vocation – Part 1

Rabindranath Thakur and Manipuri Dance – Part 2

Woman Entrepreneur Continues to Earn Laurels With Her Lotus Silk Fabric Innovations


Satyamala Devi: The Life of a Manipuri Princess Who Became the Queen of the Most Powerful 18th Century Ava King

How a 1980s Cinematic Classic Portrayed the Challenges Before Gender Equality in a Man’s World

Jungian Archetype And The Harmful Consequence Of Cultural Stereotype

For the Aspiring Woman, Entrepreneurship can help Beat all odds Besides Levelling out the Gender Playing Field

World War-II in Manipur as Yengkhom Hemabati Saw and Fought it as Told to MK Binodini

MK Binodini – A Piece of Shillong Will Forever Remain Manipur


Only Environment-Friendly Behaviour of Humans Can Contain Proliferation of Wasteful and Toxic Degradation of Life



