Mary Kom honoured with Meethoileima title Road named after ace boxer, Rs 10 lakh handed over

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The Changing face of Manipuri youths

Recently, a national daily – ‘Telegraph’ breaks a story on how a class XI going student of a govt. High school builds a robot. Some day back Manipur was in the news after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named an asteroid after a 32 years old Manipuri scientist Dr. Guneshwar Thangjam. In the recently held […]

Recently, a national daily – ‘Telegraph’ breaks a story on how a class XI going student of a govt. High school builds a robot. Some day back Manipur was in the news after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named an asteroid after a 32 years old Manipuri scientist Dr. Guneshwar Thangjam. In the recently held […]

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President of India hails Manipur as ‘Paradise’

Sangai Festival begins with fanfare and gaiety amidst general strike. IMPHAL |Nov 21 : Despite the general strike called by the CorCom, President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Manipur Sangai Festival 2017, watched by several hundred delegates and over a thousand spectators at the Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre (BOAT), Imphal. In his address, […]

Sangai Festival begins with fanfare and gaiety amidst general strike. IMPHAL |Nov 21 : Despite the general strike called by the CorCom, President of India Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Manipur Sangai Festival 2017, watched by several hundred delegates and over a thousand spectators at the Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre (BOAT), Imphal. In his address, […]

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Mary Kom clinches fifth gold medal at Asian Boxing Championships

Mary Kom beat North Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim to win her fifth Gold at the Asian Boxing Championships, her first in the 48 kg category. Mary Kom won her fifth Asian Boxing Championships title by beating Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim on Wednesday. In a fiercely-contested final in Ho Chi Min City, Mary Kom won by […]

Mary Kom beat North Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim to win her fifth Gold at the Asian Boxing Championships, her first in the 48 kg category. Mary Kom won her fifth Asian Boxing Championships title by beating Korea’s Hyang Mi Kim on Wednesday. In a fiercely-contested final in Ho Chi Min City, Mary Kom won by […]

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Mary Kom upstages Japan’s Tsubasa Komura to reach final of Asian Boxing Championships

Mary Kom on Tuesday booked her place in the final of the light-flyweight category at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships after beating Japan’s Tsubasa Komura in the semis. Mary Kom showed she still has fuel left in her tank after a gritty win over Japan’s Tsubasa Komura in the light-flyweight (45-48 kg) category to reach […]

Mary Kom on Tuesday booked her place in the final of the light-flyweight category at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships after beating Japan’s Tsubasa Komura in the semis. Mary Kom showed she still has fuel left in her tank after a gritty win over Japan’s Tsubasa Komura in the light-flyweight (45-48 kg) category to reach […]

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Mary Kom SAI-Boxing Academy to recruit residential boxers

Imphal, Sep 25: The Mary Kom SAI- Boxing Academy run by Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation, National Games Village Langol, will recruit residential boxers, both boys and girls (raw and skilled) between the age group of 12 to 16 years.
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Imphal, Sep 25: The Mary Kom SAI- Boxing Academy run by Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation, National Games Village Langol, will recruit residential boxers, both boys and girls (raw and skilled) between the age group of 12 to 16 years.
Trial selection will be held on September 29, 2017 at the premises of the academy, according to a statement issued by the Academy.

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BJP reaches out to Mary Kom ahead of polls

New Delhi, Dec 31 :With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election. Sources in the party said that the Olympian met party […]

New Delhi, Dec 31 :With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election. Sources in the party said that the Olympian met party […]

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BJP reaches out to Mary Kom ahead of polls

New Delhi, Dec 31 :With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election. Sources in the party said that the Olympian met party […]

New Delhi, Dec 31 :With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election. Sources in the party said that the Olympian met party […]

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BJP reaches out to Mary Kom ahead of polls

New Delhi, Dec 31:With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election.

New Delhi, Dec 31:With barely a week for the poll dates in Manipur to be announced, BJP is trying to make inroads into the North Eastern State by reaching out to world champion boxer Mary Kom to lead its campaign in the State election.

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Mary Kom launches model village in CCpur

CHURACHANDPUR – November 7 It was a boon for Saidan village of Churachandpur when it was selected by Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom as a model village. The model village was today formally launched by Mary in a solemn function held at the community hall of Saidan village at 10.30 am. Saidan village inhabited by […]

CHURACHANDPUR – November 7 It was a boon for Saidan village of Churachandpur when it was selected by Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom as a model village. The model village was today formally launched by Mary in a solemn function held at the community hall of Saidan village at 10.30 am. Saidan village inhabited by […]

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Mary Kom adopts

Rajya Sabha MP MC Mary Kom today formally adopted Saidan village under the ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana,’ which is one of the major flagship schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Rajya Sabha MP MC Mary Kom today formally adopted Saidan village under the ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana,’ which is one of the major flagship schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Mary Kom flags off Olympic Day Run

IMPHAL, Jun 29 : Olympian and MP MC Mary Kom flagged off the Olympic Day Run today at 8 am at Main Stadium, Khuman Lampak.

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IMPHAL, Jun 29 : Olympian and MP MC Mary Kom flagged off the Olympic Day Run today at 8 am at Main Stadium, Khuman Lampak.

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Rio Olympics Mary Kom denied wild card entry

NEW DELHI, June 23 : Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut for Rio via the […]

NEW DELHI, June 23 : Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut for Rio via the […]

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Rio Olympics Mary Kom denied wild card entry

NEW DELHI, June 23 : Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet.
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NEW DELHI, June 23 : Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet.

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Olympic dream still alive ? India to seek wild card for Mary Kom

NEW DELHI, Jun1 : She couldn’t make the cut through qualifiers but star woman boxer MC Mary Kom’s Olympic dream is not quite over yet as India has decided to seek a wild card entry for her in the games scheduled from August 5 this year. Mary Kom (51kg) had missed out on qualifying for […]

NEW DELHI, Jun1 : She couldn’t make the cut through qualifiers but star woman boxer MC Mary Kom’s Olympic dream is not quite over yet as India has decided to seek a wild card entry for her in the games scheduled from August 5 this year. Mary Kom (51kg) had missed out on qualifying for […]

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Mary, Sarita fail to qualify for Rio

Astana, May 21 : Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom and Asian Games bronze-medallist L Sarita Devi failed to qualify for the Olym-pics after they went down in their respective second round bouts of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships here today. Mary Kom (51kg), who was a bronze-medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, […]

Astana, May 21 : Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom and Asian Games bronze-medallist L Sarita Devi failed to qualify for the Olym-pics after they went down in their respective second round bouts of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships here today. Mary Kom (51kg), who was a bronze-medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, […]

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Kangathei village to Rajya Sabha Mary Kom : Boxer to MP

From the jhum fields of Kangathei village in Churachandpur district to now being a member of the Rajya Sabha, the journey of Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom has indeed been remarkable. This is not a history of her childhood but just a mention of how her j…

From the jhum fields of Kangathei village in Churachandpur district to now being a member of the Rajya Sabha, the journey of Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom has indeed been remarkable. This is not a history of her childhood but just a mention of how her journey from a non-descript village in Manipur to the Rajya

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The Heroism of Tragic Characters

By Pradip Phanjoubam It has been a rather dismal performance by India overall in the ongoing 17th Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea. In the last two days India as

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By Pradip Phanjoubam

It has been a rather dismal performance by India overall in the ongoing 17th Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea. In the last two days India as expected picked up some more medals from the track and field events and secured for itself a place in the first 10, but this normally should not have been seen as good enough for a country which in terms of size is second only to China. It is also a country billed to be a future economic and military superpower, and this confidence should have been reflected on the sporting fields at the Asiad as well. But something is still very wrong, and much smaller countries are still far ahead of India in sports. It may be, as many observers have noted, India`™s most pampered sports, Cricket, is miniaturising all other sports in the national imagination, but even though this is a likely cause, it cannot be the only one. A glimpse of the other major reason may be what the unfortunate Laishram Sarita incident provided `“ a very corrupt and unconcerned sports administration.

For Manipur, it was a mixed bag of fortune and tragedy. While Mary Kom brought cause for celebration and jubilation, with a boxing gold, her companion L. Sarita, came into the news prominently for another reason. Indications are, what may be Sarita`™s personal misfortune could well turn out to be the wake call for Indian sports authorities to shake up and revitalise its oppressive sports administration. Whatever the case may be, all are justified in taking pride in what both the boxers brought home. One earned glory for all, the other provided what may in the end turn out to be a life saving alert for Indian sports as a whole.

There is little left to be said of Mary Kom, except that we wish her good form till the Rio Olympics so that she can end her brilliant career with a golden icing from there. On the other hand, there is uncertainty now on the boxing career of L Sarita. If the AIBA, International Boxing Association, does go ahead and suspend or ban Sarita, her Incheon Asiad could be her last appearance on the competitive arena, national as well as international. We do hope this does not happen, and she too would be able to join Mary Kom in Rio in the gold hunt two years from now. Both boxers would be on the edge of their primes by the time and it is unlikely they would be able to keep form thereafter. It must also be noted here that women`™s boxing is also getting increasingly competitive, especially after three weight categories were admitted into the Olympics, and even within the country the two are not without stiff challengers from younger boxers.

The Sarita episode has all the elements of a grand Tragedy. By tragedy with a capital `T`™, I do not mean just a personal disaster, and instead allude to the term as in the literary genre by the name. I am wary of the term martyr, and believe nobody should be encouraged to be one. On a lighter note, in contemplating the idea, I cannot but help recall the words of Gen. George S. Patton, commander of the 7th United States Army during WWII, in chastising his soldiers ahead of a battle. He is said to have told them (perhaps apocryphal), `I don`™t want any of you dying for your motherland. I want the enemies to die for their motherland.` In two sentences, he succeeded in totally de-romanticising martyrdom.

It is strange but true, that Tragedy is not only remembered better but has a much more profound influence on life and philosophies of life than Comedies. Demonstrate this to yourself by trying to recall the heroes and heroines in Shakespearean great Tragedies and Comedies. On this, I am sure I will be able to generalise my own experience and say while Tragic heroes like Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, still ring fresh in the mind, and the lessons from them still etched indelibly on the pages of memory, I can only recall the thoroughly enjoyable Shakespearean Comedies but very few of the characters by names or their actual parts in the plays. `As You Like It`, `Much Ado About Nothing`, `Midsummer Night`™s Dream`, `Merchant of Venice`… well perhaps Shylock from `Merchant of Venice` have a very good recall value, perhaps as much as the great Tragic heroes. But then, although occurring in a Comedy, he was more of a Tragic character, `more wronged than he has wronged` as a critic put it. Even local myths and folklores roughly follow this same thumb rule: `Khamba and Thoibi`, `Sandrembi and Chaishra`… the list can go on.

Another great writer Leo Tolstoy encapsulates this thought in the famous opening lines of his great novel, considered as one of the immortals of literature, `Anna Karenina`. The novel begins with the memorable lines: `All happy families are alike. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,` and chronicles the life of a beautiful but unhappy woman. For that matter, John Milton`™s `Paradise Lost` tells of the same tale. Satan`™s discontent with God`™s `tyranny` is a subject which has excited far more intellectual discourse than the quiet obedience of the rest of the angelic hordes in Paradise. Satan`™s Tragedy (John Milton`™s Satan not the Biblical one) is his inability not to question authority and received knowledge.

Tragedy`™s attraction may have to do with the fact that it tells of the inherent fallibility of the human condition. The hubris, the harmatia, the indecisions, the weaknesses, the prides, the foibles… and the consequent mistakes and disasters they bring, are all in some way or the other, and in varying degrees, part of each of us, therefore the instant identification with the predicaments of the Tragic characters of the great literatures. The heroism involved in the individual`™s struggle against such overwhelming odds of life also earn these men and women through generations, universal awe. Would Hamlet have been the immortal he is, if he did not have his Tragic flaws which made him so indecisive? Doubtful indeed!

Perhaps this is also why Sarita`™s rather extreme protest against the impervious and rigid system that administers the boxing world internationally, and indeed sports as such, earned so much public sympathy everywhere. It has also arguably been a point most discussed of the entire games, and on the day of her refusal to wear the bronze medal, according to some reports, discussions on the event was trending at the No.1 slot on Tweeter. Athletes from other countries also extended their moral support to her, consoling her with the words that she lost only because she fought a Korean. Among these include the Korean boxer, Jina Park, who was controversially given the verdict against Sarita. The feeling that the results have been rigged systematically, it seems is widespread in these games.

However, in her moment of agonised rage against the rightful verdict she was denied, Sarita decided to throw all cautions into the air and protested publicly, putting to risk her brilliant career so far. From the wordings of the statements released by the AIBA, the governing body of boxing worldwide is unlikely to let her off without a penalty for her open defiance. We can only hope the association would be lenient, and if a suspension is placed on her, it would be a short one, so that her career does not end so abruptly and that she is able to vie for gold at the Rio Olympics.

There are many now who feel Sarita should not have protested in the manner she did, for there was nothing much she could have changed, and by doing so she could have only harmed herself. I tend to disagree with this. Injustice must be resisted, and merely a quiet withdrawal can never be enough. For in such a circumstance, the injustice would have persisted. It is very much like a lot of government servants who think they are absolved of the guilt and bane of corruption corroding our society today by simply saying they stay away from it. This passivity is cowardice in many ways and can never bring an end to this disease. A proactive stance, even if it means taking on the system and risk career progress and displeasure of colleagues, such as demonstrated by kind Sarita, is essential if ending corruption is the goal.

Indeed Sarita may end up punished harshly by the AIBA, but her sacrifice would have probably begun the cleansing process of international boxing administration. As of now, the judges are treated as infallible and above reproach. Perhaps, and hopefully, the revolution Sarita has launched would initiate a process by which erring judges can also be made accountable for their misjudgements or corruption as the case may be.

The only thing Sarita should not have done is dragging in her Korean opponent Jina Park into her fight against the system. It was not Park`™s fault at all. In fact she was magnanimous enough to tell the media she too was embarrassed at the verdict, and that she too felt Sarita was the real winner of the bout. It was therefore horrifying to see Sarita walk up to Park and drape her with the bronze medal she won. This was unfair, and in bad taste. But then, at that moment, in the blindness of her emotional outburst, Sarita probably felt Park was party to the suspected larger match fixing seemingly at play to favour the hosts South Korea in this round of Asian Games.

Tragic characters however are admired for the combine of courage and flaws in their characters. Sarita fits that bill. If she had tamely accepted the verdict without making public her disagreement with the injustice of it, perhaps she would have saved putting her future boxing career at risk. Another boxer from Manipur, Laishram Debendro did just this. He too was put at the losing end by a controversial verdict in a bout against another South Korean, which as in the case of Sarita, was seen by everybody else other than the judges, should have gone in his favour. But he decided to stir out of controversy or the imminent trouble which would come from confronting the boxing authorities. For the record, even a Mongolian boxer was given a similar treatment in a bout against a South Korean, and they too protested openly, but did not go as far as the gritty Sarita did.

In the entire episode, the people who cut the most pathetic figure were the Indian Olympics Association, IOA, officials who accompanied the Indian athletes to the Incheon Asian Games. The very reason for their presence there, all on taxpayers`™ money, was to look after the athletes and give them the moral support they need so much during the competitions. Had they not stayed aloof even as Sarita got embroiled in the fight against the perceived injustice meted out by the judges, perhaps things would not have descended to such a pass, and Sarita would have been spared being left alone to fend for herself, thereby putting her career at risk.

This is where immediate action is called for. Everybody knows these sports administration bodies, both at the national level as well as, for that matter, the Manipur state level, are corruption ridden, and their officials have little interest or commitment to sports or sportspersons. All they want are the benefits of office, among them paid trips abroad to international sporting event venues. No wonder then India`™s overall performance in the 17th Asian Games at Incheon, was so dismal, barely managing a place in the first 10 spots in the medal winners hierarchy. We hope the Union Sports ministry intervenes and begins the Herculean task of cleaning the Aegean Stable of Indian sports administration. Should this happen, even if she did not manage to bring home a gold medal, Sarita`™s courageous defiant stance against injustice would have not been in vain. The protest may even find a place in the history of national and international sports movements which even gold medals could not have won in the ultimate analysis.

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Mary Kom – ASIAD 2014 Gold

17th Asian Games INCHEON 2014 – Mary Kom added another Gold Medal in her list of achievements. Cartoon by Manas Maisnam   ——————————————————————————————————————————- Sarita – The Most Priceless Medal – Nation’s

17th Asian Games INCHEON 2014 – Mary Kom added another Gold Medal in her list of achievements.

Cartoon by Manas Maisnam

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Sarita – The Most Priceless Medal – Nation’s Adulation

17th Asian Games INCHEON 2014
L Sarita lost semi-finals due to Dubious Judging (related news article)

Cartoon by Manas Maisnam

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Olympian Mary Kom leads locals in repairing road

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Manipur,IMPHAL, July 24: Residents of Langol Games village today came out to take upon themselves the repairing of the streets of Zone III of the village. The residents were led by Olympic Bronze medallist MC Mary Kom who is also … Continue reading

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Manipur,IMPHAL, July 24: Residents of Langol Games village today came out to take upon themselves the repairing of the streets of Zone III of the village. The residents were led by Olympic Bronze medallist MC Mary Kom who is also a resident of Games village.

Speaking to media persons, MC Mary Kom said she had previously called upon the state Chief Minister herself for the repairing works of the roads of the Games Village, however, the government has continued to neglect it.

She continued that she will again urge the Chief Minister to do the needful regarding the deplorable condition of the roads in the locality.

She said the locality houses several sportspersons of the state including herself and is frequented by several people from outside the state.

The deplorable condition of the roads shows a bad image of the state before the outsiders, she said.

It is also troublesome to the children while going to their schools, she continued.

She further continued appealed to the government to shift the garbage dumping ground from near the Langol Games village.

The dumping of garbages in a populated neighbourhood could lead to the spread of diseases in the area, she further complained.

The road is only three km long, she said and further appealed to the concerned department to properly repair it.

The locals filled up the potholes found along the road with gravel.

Most family contributed Rs 500 while there were others who contributed more.

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