The Manipur government is estimated to have a work force of about 80,000 employees. If the government was run as an efficient private enterprise, with strict adherence to costs balancing benefits, it is also estimated that the work load on these 80,000…
The Manipur government is estimated to have a work force of about 80,000 employees. If the government was run as an efficient private enterprise, with strict adherence to costs balancing benefits, it is also estimated that the work load on these 80,000 employees could have been optimally handled by 30,000 or so. For that matter,
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There is an old adage which says “Silence is golden.” But a few random incidents in recent times seem to indicate to a radical shift in how people, especially the younger generation, view this old adage. And the paradoxical message seem to be “Silence is not always golden”, especially since silence, at times, has been
There is an old adage which says “Silence is golden.” But a few random incidents in recent times seem to indicate to a radical shift in how people, especially the younger generation, view this old adage. And the paradoxical message seem to be “Silence is not always golden”, especially since silence, at times, has been
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Despite so much said on the matter, nobody seems moved. The once imposing figure of a monarch taming a rogue elephant was once upon a time the most prominent landmarks of Imphal city, but today it has been reduced to a caricature. For decades, the king…
Despite so much said on the matter, nobody seems moved. The once imposing figure of a monarch taming a rogue elephant was once upon a time the most prominent landmarks of Imphal city, but today it has been reduced to a caricature. For decades, the king and the elephant braved the elements, telling and retelling
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The trouble with the notion of legitimacy in Manipur is, it has in the past few decades come to be seen as something quite different from the due processes of the law. This has been on account of two parallel developments, each contributing equally to …
The trouble with the notion of legitimacy in Manipur is, it has in the past few decades come to be seen as something quite different from the due processes of the law. This has been on account of two parallel developments, each contributing equally to a dangerous distortion of what is generally understood as the
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Who ultimately pays for all the court cases the government gets to fight perennially, round the year every year? No prizes for guessing it is the tax payers. It is true courts are the civilized forums on which modern disputes are settled, but when ther…
Who ultimately pays for all the court cases the government gets to fight perennially, round the year every year? No prizes for guessing it is the tax payers. It is true courts are the civilized forums on which modern disputes are settled, but when there are too many disputes any single institution or individual gets
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One of Manipur’s most problematic issues awaiting a resolution is a general mindset entrapped in the pre-modern time frame, when the rest of the world have moved into the postmodern era. In a way, this is a mindset of most of the entire ethnic world, a global constituency which some scholars have provocatively termed the
One of Manipur’s most problematic issues awaiting a resolution is a general mindset entrapped in the pre-modern time frame, when the rest of the world have moved into the postmodern era. In a way, this is a mindset of most of the entire ethnic world, a global constituency which some scholars have provocatively termed the
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Public sphere communication can take many forms. Variations are contingent on the cultural specifics. There are regional peculiarities in communication and Manipur is no exception. Take for instance, public speaking, which is one important facet of com…
Public sphere communication can take many forms. Variations are contingent on the cultural specifics. There are regional peculiarities in communication and Manipur is no exception. Take for instance, public speaking, which is one important facet of communication. Annual commemorative gatherings, public deliberations on issues that matter are unimaginable without public speeches. Given the scenario of
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Winter in Manipur has been severe this year. It would have been a lot harsher for the poor, for indeed, as it is, winter months are cruel even for temperate climes as ours, when much of life hibernate, expending the least energy so as to last out till …
Winter in Manipur has been severe this year. It would have been a lot harsher for the poor, for indeed, as it is, winter months are cruel even for temperate climes as ours, when much of life hibernate, expending the least energy so as to last out till the nourishing showers of spring herald nature
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Corruption has become such a crippling issue in Manipur today, and everybody knows it too, yet precious little has ever been done to seriously challenge the scourge. As we see it, there are two approaches to a resistance. One is at the individual level…
Corruption has become such a crippling issue in Manipur today, and everybody knows it too, yet precious little has ever been done to seriously challenge the scourge. As we see it, there are two approaches to a resistance. One is at the individual level, and nobody has scripted the spirit of this approach better than
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The Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi’s worry at the thought of the Centre ending the special category status for North East states, ought to be a worry for everybody in the Northeast. With perhaps a little exception in the case of Assam, for the rest of the hill states, including Manipur, this can mean very disturbing
The Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi’s worry at the thought of the Centre ending the special category status for North East states, ought to be a worry for everybody in the Northeast. With perhaps a little exception in the case of Assam, for the rest of the hill states, including Manipur, this can mean very disturbing
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The question of ethnic identity has been a preoccupation of the Northeast for quite some time now. The issue is sensitive and it does need to be addressed but those of us in the Northeast, and others who have been close watchers of the region know very…
The question of ethnic identity has been a preoccupation of the Northeast for quite some time now. The issue is sensitive and it does need to be addressed but those of us in the Northeast, and others who have been close watchers of the region know very well how very dangerous it can become should
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So many people, particularly journalists who come to Manipur return with the impression that it is a failed state. Most of these assumptions are however made on their first encounters with the manner the government tackles the law and order situation i…
So many people, particularly journalists who come to Manipur return with the impression that it is a failed state. Most of these assumptions are however made on their first encounters with the manner the government tackles the law and order situation in the state. There are many parallel governments running parallel administrations, and the government
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The sight of men in uniform has increasingly created a sense of insecurity among the local population especially in conflict zones whether it is Kashmir or Northeast. However people from the mainland had always viewed this reality as anti-establishment…
The sight of men in uniform has increasingly created a sense of insecurity among the local population especially in conflict zones whether it is Kashmir or Northeast. However people from the mainland had always viewed this reality as anti-establishment. As such it remained unexamined from a rational prism about the policy and practice of security
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Quite obviously, the last word has not been said on the confession by Manipur Police head constable Thounaojam Herojit that he was indeed the man who gunned down Chungkham Sanjit, the 22 year old militant suspect in the sensational broad daylight extra judicial killing on July 23, 2009 at Imphal’s busy Bir Tikendrajit Road. This
Quite obviously, the last word has not been said on the confession by Manipur Police head constable Thounaojam Herojit that he was indeed the man who gunned down Chungkham Sanjit, the 22 year old militant suspect in the sensational broad daylight extra judicial killing on July 23, 2009 at Imphal’s busy Bir Tikendrajit Road. This
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Not as opposed to a free media, but in addition to being a free media, what is also extremely important is giving substance to the idea of an honest media. Of course we are aware we skate on very thin ice, by necessity, when we even place a foot in the…
Not as opposed to a free media, but in addition to being a free media, what is also extremely important is giving substance to the idea of an honest media. Of course we are aware we skate on very thin ice, by necessity, when we even place a foot in the realm of the abstract.
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India will once again be celebrating the day it dedicated itself a Republic on this day in 1950, having given itself a constitution as the sole authoritative guideline by which the country is to be ruled. This constitution is said to be the most detail…
India will once again be celebrating the day it dedicated itself a Republic on this day in 1950, having given itself a constitution as the sole authoritative guideline by which the country is to be ruled. This constitution is said to be the most detailed ever, having borrowed features from practically every other constitutions of
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Karl Marx was wrong on one count at least. The State has not withered away. In fact, it has become more domineering in the years that have gone by everywhere in the world. More than ever before, shows of arms have become the signature of the power of a…
Karl Marx was wrong on one count at least. The State has not withered away. In fact, it has become more domineering in the years that have gone by everywhere in the world. More than ever before, shows of arms have become the signature of the power of a nation, when it should actually be
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Our machine man recounted his story! His name is Nganthoi and this is his tale. He rides a moped to work, his duty starts from evening and he is mainly responsible for the machine, the printing and how the paper comes out the next day. One day, he told…
Our machine man recounted his story! His name is Nganthoi and this is his tale. He rides a moped to work, his duty starts from evening and he is mainly responsible for the machine, the printing and how the paper comes out the next day. One day, he told me that he was traveling and
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Watching the unseemly developments over the renaming of Thangjing subdivision to Thangting, it is only natural to recall Romeo musing over a change of his own name so he can court Juliet without invoking the ire of her parents: “What’s in a name? /A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo may
Watching the unseemly developments over the renaming of Thangjing subdivision to Thangting, it is only natural to recall Romeo musing over a change of his own name so he can court Juliet without invoking the ire of her parents: “What’s in a name? /A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo may
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While the postmodern theory of “deconstruction” cannot be a complete and rounded system philosophy as such, there can be little serious doubts about the irrefutability of the cautions it flagged against many presumptions of traditional thinking, especially in the fields of humanities and arts. Take the case of the popular understanding of progress – of
While the postmodern theory of “deconstruction” cannot be a complete and rounded system philosophy as such, there can be little serious doubts about the irrefutability of the cautions it flagged against many presumptions of traditional thinking, especially in the fields of humanities and arts. Take the case of the popular understanding of progress – of
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