AMUCO extends aid to Jun 18 heroes – E-Pao.net

AMUCO extends aid to Jun 18 heroesE-Pao.netImphal, June 16 2011: All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO) has extended monetary aid to two surviving children of June 18 martyrs and one brave woman who have been maimed for life "due to ex…

AMUCO extends aid to Jun 18 heroes
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Imphal, June 16 2011: All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO) has extended monetary aid to two surviving children of June 18 martyrs and one brave woman who have been maimed for life "due to excesses committed by security forces" during the

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Childline Manipur – KanglaOnline

Childline ManipurKanglaOnlineIMPHAL June 16: Childline Manipur in a press release by its director Sharaju has stated that through timely action initiated by Childline, the lives of 5 boys have been saved. It stated that on specific information that the…

Childline Manipur
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IMPHAL June 16: Childline Manipur in a press release by its director Sharaju has stated that through timely action initiated by Childline, the lives of 5 boys have been saved. It stated that on specific information that the boys hailing from Ithing and

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Editorial – Amazing Grace

Absolute faith is absolute surrender to an amazing grace. A lot many people do not like the idea of surrender, but it is a fact that a lot many who… Read more »

Absolute faith is absolute surrender to an amazing grace. A lot many people do not like the idea of surrender, but it is a fact that a lot many who felt there never was a need to surrender, did ultimately surrender – albeit a surrender not in humiliation, but in humility. In legendary singer and poet, Bob Dylan’s words: “You may be the heavy weight champion of the world, but someday you gonna have to serve somebody.” This amazing grace however does not have to be in the direct sense of Almighty God, but often manifests in the shape of what many poets have referred to as “hope”. TS Eliot’s “Four Quartets” comes to mind, an extended poem that followed his earlier one of a similar genre “The Wasteland”, which, after a lengthy tour of the spiritually barren landscape of modern life, ends with the chant Shanti, repeated three times. In the end, all that matters is peace, but peace, as a physical condition as well as a mental state, is illusive. Nobody would know this better than those of us in Manipur. Its quest has also never been easy. In a very paradoxically way, those who have found it are those who have surrendered – in the most sublime cases, surrendered their individual wills to the will of the “Amazing Grace”.

Many, if not most religions actually say this. Earthly life in this interpretation is a punishment, and transition from this temporal existence to the divine is the ultimate meaning. In the Semitic religions (including Christianity) the original sin is what condemned life to earthly existence. Otherwise it would have been an eternity in Eden for the original parents and nobody else. As to how attractive this idea is, is a matter of opinion. The original mother, Eve, probably thought it was a bore so she ate the forbidden apple, out of what is described as a feminine weakness. If not for her original sin, we all probably would never have seen daylight, or moonlight for that matter. It is difficult to say if we should deride what she did or else be thankful. Another paradox of life we suppose – another overwhelming question of “to be or not to be”. To be happy with a secure vegetative life, or else look for happiness in choosing to face challenges even if it means exposure to trouble and misery. The non-Semitic religions say very much the same thing, but in a different way. Take Buddhism for instance, or Hinduism for that matter. Rebirth is perpetuated by individual sins, implying that this cycle will end when sin is banished. As in other religions, earthly nonexistence here becomes bliss. The lure of this bliss, it has been explained, is also what gives suicide bombers the fanatic courage which makes them able to do what they do.

But the Amazing Grace manifests in another more tangible and comprehensible form – hope. To paraphrase Eliot’s “Four Quartets” this amazing grace is like the faith of a passenger in a subway train that stops and becomes stranded for hours in pitch darkness in the middle of a tunnel deep down below the surface of the earth because of a sudden power failure, that power would be ultimately restored and the train would again begin moving. That at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there would be light. Put another way, it is like a test of faith of a child in her father’s love for her and her belief that he would never abandon her, come what may. In pitch darkness where she cannot see anything, in the event of an emergency if she is required to jump from the window of her first floor room, and her father implores her to do so from below with the assurance that he can see her and would catch her, would she jump? She would if she had enough faith in her father. Such faiths give hope. Such hopes salvage. The amazing grace is that way too. For some inscrutable reason which you cannot explain but all the same feel, you know that this amazing grace would not let you fall. Come to think of it, Manipur has been stranded in the middle of a deep, dark tunnel for decades. Yet it has held together, despite all the centrifugal forces threatening to tear it apart. It is reasonable to believe hence that despite all its inherent contradictions, a faith in itself has given it the strength and hope that there would one day be light. What a time to recall the miracle of this Amazing Grace in this auspicious and festive season of a great religion of the world.

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Everybody, Somebody, Nobody And Anybody

By N. Arunkumar An important job had to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got… Read more »

By N. Arunkumar
An important job had to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

This is the moral of the following observation of mine. Somebody may like it and everybody will read it, I hope.

Yours truly is not a sensational writer of greater wisdom or quality than the conscious reader holding this paper in his or her hands at this moment. At the outset, before I begin to draft any missive to send to various newspapers here and outside here, I begin with these humble opinions about myself. Therefore, whatever I write need not be exactly earth – shattering or mind blowing to make people sit up and crouch on their backs and take note of the subject that I find worth mentioning in my musings. Yet, the present state of the drainage system in our Imphal city merits some attention by me today. It goes without saying, and off the block, that it is a city in perennial pathos of negligence, carelessness (by the authorities as well as its citizens), laissez – faire in doing things as and how one pleases, proprietary attitude towards civic amenities, and the list is continually long.

The city has no visible municipality working for its preservation or development of whatever exists in the name of civic amenities available to us citizens. Some areas of the city are flooded endlessly throughout the monsoon season, which also peculiarly seems to last forever these days. The weather patterns in the world have undeniably changed considerably over the past four to five years and, we are faced with an entirely new sowing and harvesting season too, in the wake of these odd climate changes. Besides blaming global warming or whatever it is that are causing these changes, we have to be prepared to meet any emergencies that tend to crop up in our day – to – day affairs of living. Woefully, that remains a distant dream for the people of the city. Our sloppiness is more manifest than our vigilance to meet eventualities of various kinds. The recent incessant downpour has again left the people stranded with no help from the authorities concerned to redress their grievances and provide decent amenities to them.

Many roads remain inaccessible due to water logging in the absence of drains to draw the water away to its natural reservoir or treatment plant. There is simply nothing of such kind in existence anywhere in this city, with educated members in the Corporation, civic authorities and elected council members who are entrusted with our votes, to ensure that the city grows up vividly and exponentially in terms of healthy living standards. Sadly, at the moment, we are living in wretched conditions, to say the least and put across gently. The real terminologies which are to actually to be used to exhibit our disgust might provoke our very sensitive public servants to anger and react, who were in fact supposed to ensure these things for us in the first place. But, they are mostly in their jobs to provide for the comfort of their families first, and not to provide any comforts to the masses after all.

So again, why should the department employees bother with these trivial things? They have their eyes on their pensions and how heavy it will be at the end of their tenure of public disservice. Some of the drains in the town have been completely blocked by individuals and groups at their own free will, as the water that flows through the public drain collects in front of their houses due to blockages here and there along the way. I have come across an instance where a senior officer in the Govt. of Manipur has stored a large amount of iron in the drain outside his house, and even refuses to remove them in spite of repeated pleas by the neighbourhood residents. He has used his clout as a senior officer to create nuisance to the residents. The water does not flow down this drain and the situation is status quo as I draft these observations for you. Some groups and individuals have even made their own drains, with as little space as possible to utilize the land to its maximum advantage. The society around may go to hell, is their stance to civilized living in a cosmopolitan society.

These attitudes are overlooked by the authorities as they are hardly bothered to do their jobs or what is expected from them. If the administration sleeps like this, the people have no one to turn to for redress of their grievances, and ultimately we witness such situations parallel to a kind of social anarchy. Each one of us will do things to suit our own conveniences, and thus the society will remain in a state of disharmony. We have enough of this already, and yet more of such cacophony is being added almost with steady uniformity. If the citizens realize that a city has to reflect a culture of its own and remain distinctly unique in the context of the present day world, it requires many sacrifices and accommodations of personal liberty by the citizens, for the benefit of social liberty for all other citizens. Harmony is not just a word in the dictionary of the elite, but an absolute necessity if we are to claim that we are proud citizens of Imphal.

It is therefore absolutely imperative for the government authorities to wake up to their responsibilities now and do their jobs properly. They have to justify their salaries rather than amass wealth on the sly in every ordinary work they are supposed to perform as a part of their regular duties. If the government has departments with qualified people in the form of Chief Engineers, Junior Engineers and skilled staff at their disposal, they must be made accountable to their departments for their performances, rather than turning a blind eye to their negligence of duties. Corruption is the hot topic these days with all kinds of people ranging from the ordinary man on the street to the corporate honchos having a say in the ongoing drama of fighting against it. In Manipur, we are simply living with this menace, which we have come to accept as a fact of life. Without greasing palms with speed money, nothing works here.

Take the disgusting example of traffic cops, mostly looking malnourished and starving, with a permanent sneer on their faces, shamelessly extending their palms out at rickshaw pullers and pocketing the pittance they dole out to them. Here, it is the rickshaw puller who is doing an honest job and the cop is the parasite. The uniform and the lathi in his hand is his ticket to broad daylight goondaism or dacoity, whatever you wish to call it. I mean, it is so difficult to pinpoint where we have to begin to clean up our act and start taking responsibility towards our city. The whole so called system is so rotten now, that searching for a place to start the activities for cleaning up our system of the disorder will almost be like looking for the needle in the haystack. We are condemned, unless each of us begin to change our attitudes towards peaceful coexistence with each other and then progress towards being true global citizens who care for our tomorrows, by being accountable to our personal hygiene as well as the hygiene of the land we co – exist in.

I shall conclude by reflecting on the US Patriot missiles that were abundantly used during the Gulf Wars to subdue Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The Americans named their missiles with these substitutions for the Patriot. It goes like ‘Proud Americans Taking Responsibility For Our Tomorrows’. So, taking inspiration from that, shall we call ourselves as ‘Proud Asians Taking Responsibility For Our Tomorrows’ at least? That is the minimum we can do to provide us the incentive to surge forward with hopes of achieving a global status and a respectable place in the world. Try it folks!

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AIR Imphal News -16th June 2011 7.30 Evening

Source:- AIR Imphal; Recorded by:- KO in public interest.

AIR News 7.30 p.m Source:- AIR Imphal; Recorded by:- KO in public interest.

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If I become the first ever lady Chief (Cheap) Ministress of Manipur!

A famine has been affecting everyone’s life in Manipur for all these years. This famine is the most unnatural famine one has ever come across. It is ghastly, it is… Read more »

A famine has been affecting everyone’s life in Manipur for all these years. This famine is the most unnatural famine one has ever come across. It is ghastly, it is deadly and it can gradually ruin everything/everyone.  Intellectuals and mindless politicians are treated at par during this ongoing famine. Though the major victims are laymen- like me, like you or like everyone who is lurking or looking forward to see a better Manipur (maybe on a 32nd December eh). Our great great political leaders have given their (un)valuable opinions and (im) possible means and measures to fight this famine. And hopelessly by the end of this century or maybe next century (if there is time restraint this century), this famine shall be controlled and everything will (not) be back to normalcy. But my (dis)honest question is ‘can theoretical means fight practical problems?’ Whatever! My concern is not exactly anything I have mentioned so far.
I have a precious dream to become the first ever lady Chief (Cheap) Ministress of Manipur. I am planning to get many projects from Central Government buttering/sweet talking to those ‘achaar smelly’ lamebrains who treat us as step sons/daughters in our own country. OH! By the very way, let me mention it clearly beforehand that these projects shall benefit none but my own family and relatives. Who is anyways bothered to work free of cost for the state? Does the state exist at all (but in civics or history books)? I cannot share my remaining plans for I may become yet another endangered living creature as per some unmentionable pseudo- reformers (whatever).
Before I stop hammering my keyboard to finish this ‘whatever note’ I am typing, let me clarify the meaning of the famine I have mentioned at the opening line of this ‘whatever note’.  This famine can be anything- a famine of understanding, a famine of barbarism, a famine created out of misused law or power, a famine of unethical socio-political norms etc. etc. etc. Consider anything, give any name, but trust me this famine has but affected everyone’s life quite severely.

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Manipur Sports Update June 16 – E-Pao.net

Manipur Sports Update June 16E-Pao.netNorth Imphal Sports Association, Manipur, defeated Oil India Football Club 2-1 today to clinch the champion's title of the 16th Narayanmal Garodia Gold Cup Football Tournament. In an evenly fought final match p…

Manipur Sports Update June 16
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North Imphal Sports Association, Manipur, defeated Oil India Football Club 2-1 today to clinch the champion's title of the 16th Narayanmal Garodia Gold Cup Football Tournament. In an evenly fought final match played at the Chowkidingee playground here,

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If I become the first ever lady Chief (Cheap) Ministress of Manipur! – KanglaOnline

If I become the first ever lady Chief (Cheap) Ministress of Manipur!KanglaOnlineA famine has been affecting everyone's life in Manipur for all these years. This famine is the most unnatural famine one has ever come across. It is ghastly, it is dead…

If I become the first ever lady Chief (Cheap) Ministress of Manipur!
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A famine has been affecting everyone's life in Manipur for all these years. This famine is the most unnatural famine one has ever come across. It is ghastly, it is deadly and it can gradually ruin everything/everyone.

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High demand of product as Manipur eyes gateway of East Asia – MorungExpress

High demand of product as Manipur eyes gateway of East AsiaMorungExpressImphal | June 15 : O Nabakishore Singh, principal secretary, commerce and industry, government of Manipur expressed gung ho about the manner in which products from the state, espec…

High demand of product as Manipur eyes gateway of East Asia
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Imphal | June 15 : O Nabakishore Singh, principal secretary, commerce and industry, government of Manipur expressed gung ho about the manner in which products from the state, especially traditionally woven cloths, were lapped up at the just concluded

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AIR Imphal News –16th June 2011 7.30 Morning

Source:- AIR Imphal; Recorded by:- KO in public interest.

AIR News 7.30 p.m Source:- AIR Imphal; Recorded by:- KO in public interest.

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