Our payback to Irom Sharmila Chanu – Respecting her decision

Have you ever been nose-fed for 16 days let alone 16 years? For those who are comatosed and terminally ill, it’s a different matter. The irony is that after all the pain and sufferings Irom Sharmila Chanu had endured for 16 years at a stretch for us,

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Have you ever been nose-fed for 16 days let alone 16 years? For those who are comatosed and terminally ill, it’s a different matter. The irony is that after all the pain and sufferings Irom Sharmila Chanu had endured for 16 years at a stretch for us,

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The stance of Iron Lady of Manipur – a pyrrhic victory

After sixteen plus years of fast in protest against the dreaded spine-chilling Malom Massacre on Nov 2, 2000 where 10 innocent lives were mowed down by Assam Rifles personnel, it seems, Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Iron Lady of Manipur has gone butter startling everyone in Manipur and the world with her sudden revelation that she’d discontinue her fast. Nobody expected that after all those years of fast, she’d make such a rowdy decision, a decision to enter politics as her platform to fight against AFSPA, 1958 and make her dreams come true.

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After sixteen plus years of fast in protest against the dreaded spine-chilling Malom Massacre on Nov 2, 2000 where 10 innocent lives were mowed down by Assam Rifles personnel, it seems, Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Iron Lady of Manipur has gone butter startling everyone in Manipur and the world with her sudden revelation that she’d discontinue her fast. Nobody expected that after all those years of fast, she’d make such a rowdy decision, a decision to enter politics as her platform to fight against AFSPA, 1958 and make her dreams come true.

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Dedicated to all the Heavy Metal lovers

Looks and outlook are two different entities. And which one will last or have the last laugh? The answer, definitely is, “outlook”. Looks of an individual changes with time or due to unfortunate incidents such as accident or illnesses. This is where the dividing line crops up between looks and outlook. Now we have umpteen boy bands and girl bands, the beauty of their songs last as long as the beauty or handsomeness of their looks last. But there are songs that remain evergreen even if the singer gets grizzly. It’s because their songs are unique.

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Looks and outlook are two different entities. And which one will last or have the last laugh? The answer, definitely is, “outlook”. Looks of an individual changes with time or due to unfortunate incidents such as accident or illnesses. This is where the dividing line crops up between looks and outlook. Now we have umpteen boy bands and girl bands, the beauty of their songs last as long as the beauty or handsomeness of their looks last. But there are songs that remain evergreen even if the singer gets grizzly. It’s because their songs are unique.

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Making best use of noble gestures from abroad

Japan, a conglomerate of small islands, also known as ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ is infamous for civility, courtesy and high level of discipline of its citizens. In lower primary classes, the tiny tots are taught on various aspects viz, basic courtesy, personal and public hygiene, sanitation, cleanliness, patience and tolerance before inculcating their Japanese alphabets like ‘A, B, C….’ of English inside their heads. The Japanese are also considered the cleanest people on earth in terms of personal hygiene.

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Japan, a conglomerate of small islands, also known as ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ is infamous for civility, courtesy and high level of discipline of its citizens. In lower primary classes, the tiny tots are taught on various aspects viz, basic courtesy, personal and public hygiene, sanitation, cleanliness, patience and tolerance before inculcating their Japanese alphabets like ‘A, B, C….’ of English inside their heads. The Japanese are also considered the cleanest people on earth in terms of personal hygiene.

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The case of the missing socks

The world has a lot to do with ‘pairs’. There are living pairs and non-living pairs. Without the entity called ‘pair’, the world’s scenario would have been quite different. A pair of doves, a pair of pigeons, a pair of eagles, a pair of swans etc., are examples of living pairs. When it comes to humans, a couple is an example of a living pair – a man and a woman.

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The world has a lot to do with ‘pairs’. There are living pairs and non-living pairs. Without the entity called ‘pair’, the world’s scenario would have been quite different. A pair of doves, a pair of pigeons, a pair of eagles, a pair of swans etc., are examples of living pairs. When it comes to humans, a couple is an example of a living pair – a man and a woman.

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Loud questions, silent answers

Technology always comes at a price. Likewise, social media sites have their own demerits just like having their own share of merits.
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Technology always comes at a price. Likewise, social media sites have their own demerits just like having their own share of merits.

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Murphy’s Law always happens to me

When you are in a hurry, waiting impatiently by the side of the road for an autorikshaw, have you ever found yourself in a logjam where the autorikshaw comes packed with even no space to breath but you have to jam inside as time is running out on you?

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When you are in a hurry, waiting impatiently by the side of the road for an autorikshaw, have you ever found yourself in a logjam where the autorikshaw comes packed with even no space to breath but you have to jam inside as time is running out on you?

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Tryst with Alzheimer’s disease

It is human nature to feel and think about life, not about death, as if we are to last forever. Even though we know that the biological clock is ticking inside us relentlessly making us to age with each passing day, we don’t give a damn whether we are getting closer to our natural death. Same is the case is with diseases also.

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It is human nature to feel and think about life, not about death, as if we are to last forever. Even though we know that the biological clock is ticking inside us relentlessly making us to age with each passing day, we don’t give a damn whether we are getting closer to our natural death. Same is the case is with diseases also.

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The unholy alliance

At midnight when we are immersed in a deep slumber, almost half dead, vibrant activities are going on in big godowns at many places of Imphal and other valley areas. While we are busy dreaming the night away, there are many nocturnal players out there carrying out their evil designs – adulterating food preferably grocery items with all kinds of items starting from stones, dried cattle shit, wood dust from saw mills, chalks, sand and many “God knows what” items, mixing inferior quality items with superior ones, stuffing hormones and spraying hazardous chemicals on fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, grapes and apples so that they gain weight, appear deceptively ripe and luscious thereby coating them with toxins which refuse to budge even after repeated thorough washes.

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At midnight when we are immersed in a deep slumber, almost half dead, vibrant activities are going on in big godowns at many places of Imphal and other valley areas. While we are busy dreaming the night away, there are many nocturnal players out there carrying out their evil designs – adulterating food preferably grocery items with all kinds of items starting from stones, dried cattle shit, wood dust from saw mills, chalks, sand and many “God knows what” items, mixing inferior quality items with superior ones, stuffing hormones and spraying hazardous chemicals on fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, grapes and apples so that they gain weight, appear deceptively ripe and luscious thereby coating them with toxins which refuse to budge even after repeated thorough washes.

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How is your health? How is your wealth?

Some say the greatest wealth is health. Course, nothing can be further from the truth as health cannot be bought. You can buy expensive mattresses and pillows but you cannot buy sleep.
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Some say the greatest wealth is health. Course, nothing can be further from the truth as health cannot be bought. You can buy expensive mattresses and pillows but you cannot buy sleep.

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Where should the students go – school or coaching centre?

Education is a comprehensive process of acquiring knowledge. The system of education differs from one country to another, one state to another. Our state ranks high in literacy rate but glaringly low in quality, value-based and need-based education. Well, going through to the education system of Manipur, something is terribly wrong, something is amiss. Like a ghost in the machine, education system in our state of Manipur has a missing link.

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Education is a comprehensive process of acquiring knowledge. The system of education differs from one country to another, one state to another. Our state ranks high in literacy rate but glaringly low in quality, value-based and need-based education. Well, going through to the education system of Manipur, something is terribly wrong, something is amiss. Like a ghost in the machine, education system in our state of Manipur has a missing link.

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Yearning for the roots

Always two. Whenever a social issue arises, Manipur gets mired into two. In fact, Manipur is a “two-something” State.

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Always two. Whenever a social issue arises, Manipur gets mired into two. In fact, Manipur is a “two-something” State.

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An offshore journey with NaMo – excerpts from a dream

The AI One of the Prime Minister was basking at the runway of Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. The plane was a Boeing 747, more than 25 years old.

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The AI One of the Prime Minister was basking at the runway of Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. The plane was a Boeing 747, more than 25 years old.

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