By Anil Bhat `Through Orphaned Eyes` by Ajay Singh, Pentagon Press, Pp 278 in hard cover. Price: Rs. 545/- It is the story of two brothers orphaned during the bloody violence that erupted at India`™s partition and the creation of Pakistan in August 1947. The elder of the two is adopted by a school teacher
By Anil Bhat `Through Orphaned Eyes` by Ajay Singh, Pentagon Press, Pp 278 in hard cover. Price: Rs. 545/- It is the story of two brothers orphaned during the bloody violence that erupted at India`™s partition and the creation of Pakistan in August 1947. The elder of the two is adopted by a school teacher
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By Ningombam Rojibala On 10th January 2016, I had the opportunity to watch the play “The Hungry Stones” (a Manipuri adaptation of the Bengali short story Kshudito Pashan of Rabindranath Tagore) directed by Heisnam Tomba, performed at Meghdoot Hall 2 of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi during Natya Samagama the festival of contemporary theatre practices,
By Ningombam Rojibala On 10th January 2016, I had the opportunity to watch the play “The Hungry Stones” (a Manipuri adaptation of the Bengali short story Kshudito Pashan of Rabindranath Tagore) directed by Heisnam Tomba, performed at Meghdoot Hall 2 of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi during Natya Samagama the festival of contemporary theatre practices,
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/into-a-lifeless-stone/
By Tinky Ningombam Our memory of the Republic Day has been of bomb threats and curfews. Fast forward to now, things haven`™t changed much. Still warned against crowded markets and public places, we do constantly live in fear and helplessness and rely on luck or God. The threat of terror hasn`™t changed much in the
By Tinky Ningombam Our memory of the Republic Day has been of bomb threats and curfews. Fast forward to now, things haven`™t changed much. Still warned against crowded markets and public places, we do constantly live in fear and helplessness and rely on luck or God. The threat of terror hasn`™t changed much in the
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/give-peace-a-chance/
By Garga Chatterjee It was December 30, 2015 when I had started writing this piece. Then Pathankot incident involving an armed attack on an Indian Air Force base happened. I am not a brave man. I thought, should I write this, now, when tri-colour stero…
By Garga Chatterjee It was December 30, 2015 when I had started writing this piece. Then Pathankot incident involving an armed attack on an Indian Air Force base happened. I am not a brave man. I thought, should I write this, now, when tri-colour steroids are the hottest media-item of the week? But it`s also
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/rapist-scoundrels-cannot-be-allowed-to-hide-behind-patriotism-myth/
A field assessment for intervention strategies By Deben Bachaspatimayum 6.7 Richter scale earthquake rocked everyone out of their beds in the wee hours of 4th Jan 2016. Vehicular rush from all directions headed for towards Tamenglong where the epicentr…
A field assessment for intervention strategies By Deben Bachaspatimayum 6.7 Richter scale earthquake rocked everyone out of their beds in the wee hours of 4th Jan 2016. Vehicular rush from all directions headed for towards Tamenglong where the epicentre was located in a remote hills around 17 kms from Noney on the NH-53 and some
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By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Economic and financial stability in Asia is critical as we embark on the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a universal and ambitious blueprint that expands the horizons of policymaking to implement the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals, reduce the region’scollective environmental footprint and securethe resources necessaryto build the
By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar Economic and financial stability in Asia is critical as we embark on the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a universal and ambitious blueprint that expands the horizons of policymaking to implement the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals, reduce the region’scollective environmental footprint and securethe resources necessaryto build the
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/reinvigorate-domestic-demand-to-revivegrowth-and-support-sustainable-development/
By Chingakham Dina Thailand is good destination for tourists and taking up English teaching job on the go. The demand of English teacher grew over the past decade in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China and other Asian countries. Do our English speaking youths fit for this job? Let us
By Chingakham Dina Thailand is good destination for tourists and taking up English teaching job on the go. The demand of English teacher grew over the past decade in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, China and other Asian countries. Do our English speaking youths fit for this job? Let us
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By Dr. Ksh. Imokanta Singh Often death, like earthquake, comes without invitation from the host. The host becomes hostage in the hands of death. When the ground beneath, which we humans call ours, for which we fight against each other, which is the rep…
By Dr. Ksh. Imokanta Singh Often death, like earthquake, comes without invitation from the host. The host becomes hostage in the hands of death. When the ground beneath, which we humans call ours, for which we fight against each other, which is the repository of our culture and tradition, polity and economy and above all
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By Pradip Phanjoubam Is the Manipur vital and alive or merely existing? Every society must at some point pick up the courage to ask itself this hard and perhaps even painful existential question. The honesty and dispassionate academic rigour with which…
By Pradip Phanjoubam Is the Manipur vital and alive or merely existing? Every society must at some point pick up the courage to ask itself this hard and perhaps even painful existential question. The honesty and dispassionate academic rigour with which a society is able to go into such periodic soul probing exercises, and with
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By David Khomdram “Manipur, as a part of India with such topographical variance and ethnic disparity from the rest of India, has been maltreated, discriminated.” This statement no doubt has become more of a cliché for a long time. And I suppose, it will be better if we postulate fresh and more effective propaganda. To
By David Khomdram “Manipur, as a part of India with such topographical variance and ethnic disparity from the rest of India, has been maltreated, discriminated.” This statement no doubt has become more of a cliché for a long time. And I suppose, it will be better if we postulate fresh and more effective propaganda. To
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By Tinky Ningombam On the 5th of Jan, I received a rather annoying Whatsapp broadcast message on another likely earthquake to hit by the evening. I am sure by now everyone is familiar with the message, it read “North India will face next earthquake at 8.06 p.m… The next richer (Richter) scale of earthquake will
By Tinky Ningombam On the 5th of Jan, I received a rather annoying Whatsapp broadcast message on another likely earthquake to hit by the evening. I am sure by now everyone is familiar with the message, it read “North India will face next earthquake at 8.06 p.m… The next richer (Richter) scale of earthquake will
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/time-to-be-shaken-out-of-complacency/
By Jiten Yumnam The New Year 2016 began with a dreadful note in Manipur. An Earthquake of 6.8 Richter magnitude jolt Manipur and across the entire North east region on early 4th January morning.Even before the newspaper in Manipur and across India repo…
By Jiten Yumnam The New Year 2016 began with a dreadful note in Manipur. An Earthquake of 6.8 Richter magnitude jolt Manipur and across the entire North east region on early 4th January morning.Even before the newspaper in Manipur and across India reports, the US Geological Monitoring Center and the British Broadcasting Corporation already reported
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By Sourabh Jyoti Borah The 57th edition of Spring Fest is scheduled to be held from January 29 to February 1. Spring Fest is the annual social and cultural festival of IIT Kharagpur. The first edition of Spring Fest was held in 1960, making it one of t…
By Sourabh Jyoti Borah The 57th edition of Spring Fest is scheduled to be held from January 29 to February 1. Spring Fest is the annual social and cultural festival of IIT Kharagpur. The first edition of Spring Fest was held in 1960, making it one of the oldest cultural festivals in India. Over the
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By Maimom Ranjit (Inao) Singh Transgender persons are members of their family, their families were part of that locality, state, country and global indeed. No doubt, transgenders had been part and parcel of the society. But, most people ranging from la…
By Maimom Ranjit (Inao) Singh Transgender persons are members of their family, their families were part of that locality, state, country and global indeed. No doubt, transgenders had been part and parcel of the society. But, most people ranging from layman to educationist often confuse about transgender. They assume the term transgender to refer to
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By Dr. Th Ranjit The Meeteis settling in the central valley districts of the state and elsewhere are the aborigines or originals settlers of the state, like the Tankhuls, Kabuis, Maram, Mao, Kom, Vaiphei, etc., the recognized Scheduled Tribes of India,…
By Dr. Th Ranjit The Meeteis settling in the central valley districts of the state and elsewhere are the aborigines or originals settlers of the state, like the Tankhuls, Kabuis, Maram, Mao, Kom, Vaiphei, etc., the recognized Scheduled Tribes of India, among the Mongoloids (Kirats) race of the North East India. This fact is proven
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By Raj Singh Is Imphal Earthquake a bolt from the blue? I would say that we all knew or were jinxed that a big earthquake would one day hit Manipur! A scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Jorhat once told me – Not a single day passes without an earthquake in Manipur. Readers;
By Raj Singh Is Imphal Earthquake a bolt from the blue? I would say that we all knew or were jinxed that a big earthquake would one day hit Manipur! A scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Jorhat once told me – Not a single day passes without an earthquake in Manipur. Readers;
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/earthquakes-will-strike-again/
By Irom Chanu Sharmila Hopeful as before, I, Irom Sharmila who has been continuously on hunger strike for fifteen years for removal of Armed Forces Special Power Act 1958 in Manipur, invite Eningthou Leishemba Sanajaoba to be my defense witness through…
By Irom Chanu Sharmila Hopeful as before, I, Irom Sharmila who has been continuously on hunger strike for fifteen years for removal of Armed Forces Special Power Act 1958 in Manipur, invite Eningthou Leishemba Sanajaoba to be my defense witness through media. Beloved masses, I report you, the judge, in order to accuse me that
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By Pradip Phanjoubam There is an old Manipuri adage “Ikai khangdabagi hidak leite” (there is no medicine for shamelessness). Other than the mere factuality and veracity of the statement, it also has a deeper sociological implication. In the traditional Manipuri society, shamelessness was considered as one of the most base and abhorred values, that is
By Pradip Phanjoubam There is an old Manipuri adage “Ikai khangdabagi hidak leite” (there is no medicine for shamelessness). Other than the mere factuality and veracity of the statement, it also has a deeper sociological implication. In the traditional Manipuri society, shamelessness was considered as one of the most base and abhorred values, that is
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/narcissistic-road-to-mediocrity-manipurs-existential-crisis/
By Garga Chatterjee Not all is right in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Indian Union. Some old British-rule era habits die hard, or maybe they never die for some imperial habits are essential for maintaining undemocratic dominance over democratic…
By Garga Chatterjee Not all is right in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the Indian Union. Some old British-rule era habits die hard, or maybe they never die for some imperial habits are essential for maintaining undemocratic dominance over democratically elected undesirables. Thus New Delhi struck again, this time through the office of the
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/arunachal-controversy-demonstrates-again-how-the-governor-is-a-proxy-of-the-union-to-bully-the-states/
By Tinky Ningombam A new year is always associated not only with merriment but also with self- introspection. Besides a roundup of the year’s events and “Best of…” stories filling up your entire news space, everyone willingly or otherwise take a note of what has happened and what is to come ahead. Some in this
By Tinky Ningombam A new year is always associated not only with merriment but also with self- introspection. Besides a roundup of the year’s events and “Best of…” stories filling up your entire news space, everyone willingly or otherwise take a note of what has happened and what is to come ahead. Some in this
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/01/connections/
