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Women in the changing world of 50 work: Planet 50-50 by 2030

The agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without full participation of each and every individual. We are aware that women have important role in social transformation and their full participation is needed when it comes to s…

The agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without full participation of each and every individual. We are aware that women have important role in social transformation and their full participation is needed when it comes to social change. Some key targets of the 2030 Agenda includes- by 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes; by 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary education; end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere; eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation; eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

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Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast

From previous issue
Then, the son or a near male relative of the deceased uprights a bamboos stickabout 3ft long close to the niche saying: ‘Ho-ou-we Tameipule Lampingleo Ai naiye’.

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From previous issue
Then, the son or a near male relative of the deceased uprights a bamboos stickabout 3ft long close to the niche saying: ‘Ho-ou-we Tameipule Lampingleo Ai naiye’.

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Is politics the best business to invest your money?

Which party or person have you voted? Or NOTA? And don’t tell me again to go out just to get my index finger coloured. The best to save your rights is to stay home because your option for the vote is, “None of the above.”

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Which party or person have you voted? Or NOTA? And don’t tell me again to go out just to get my index finger coloured. The best to save your rights is to stay home because your option for the vote is, “None of the above.”

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With or without majority, BJP is bound to form the next Govt in Manipur

With state assembly countdown approaching fast, Manipuris are awaiting the result with a deep breath. Time for accusation to each other political parties regarding blockade is gone. Every candidate is having a do or dies fight in their respective assembly seat with their opponents. The question in everybody’s mind is – who will win the election, the BJP or the Congress? A hung assembly or one without an absolute majority by either major political parties! Though, a month or so back, one opinion poll gave the BJP an absolute majority, the scenario is still not clear. It seems to me a neck and neck fight with BJP having an upper hand.

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With state assembly countdown approaching fast, Manipuris are awaiting the result with a deep breath. Time for accusation to each other political parties regarding blockade is gone. Every candidate is having a do or dies fight in their respective assembly seat with their opponents. The question in everybody’s mind is – who will win the election, the BJP or the Congress? A hung assembly or one without an absolute majority by either major political parties! Though, a month or so back, one opinion poll gave the BJP an absolute majority, the scenario is still not clear. It seems to me a neck and neck fight with BJP having an upper hand.

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No one is an island

Gone are the days when people flocking to spiritual masters were happy to listen to general discourses that for example, advised people to overcome lust, greed and anger.In today’s context,there are more specific disturbances that need to be addressed,like the global militaryindustrial complex that keeps conflicts alive to fuel business, or pharmaceuticals pushing medicines that focus on symptoms, and not the disease. Swami Swaroopanada says we need to examine core values that are necessary for the right attitude in dealing with any troubling situation in life.“Every situation should make us better,not bitter. Here we need to draw from the real essence of cultural upbringing as well as specific ideologies, from a practical standpoint. “The Bhagwad Gita was presented to apply to day-to-day situations, yet it contains timeless positive values to enable us to live our lives productively; to reach our goals and also fulfil our final purpose of life.

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Gone are the days when people flocking to spiritual masters were happy to listen to general discourses that for example, advised people to overcome lust, greed and anger.In today’s context,there are more specific disturbances that need to be addressed,like the global militaryindustrial complex that keeps conflicts alive to fuel business, or pharmaceuticals pushing medicines that focus on symptoms, and not the disease. Swami Swaroopanada says we need to examine core values that are necessary for the right attitude in dealing with any troubling situation in life.“Every situation should make us better,not bitter. Here we need to draw from the real essence of cultural upbringing as well as specific ideologies, from a practical standpoint. “The Bhagwad Gita was presented to apply to day-to-day situations, yet it contains timeless positive values to enable us to live our lives productively; to reach our goals and also fulfil our final purpose of life.

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Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast

From previous issue
Taroimei means the dead man in local dialect. For the Taroimei, fly called Shim is supposed to be his Kashu Kari, evil spirits or enemy. In this belief, fly is not allowed to come and sit on the dead body. One of the chief mourners …

From previous issue
Taroimei means the dead man in local dialect. For the Taroimei, fly called Shim is supposed to be his Kashu Kari, evil spirits or enemy. In this belief, fly is not allowed to come and sit on the dead body. One of the chief mourners (family members) with the leaves of Parincheng, a kind of tree relatives will fan over the dead body to drive off the flies. It is said that the evil spirits dislike or scare to the Parincheng. This is locally known as Shimhamei.

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A fractured mandate in the offing

For the last two-three days, I have been into quidnunc (news mongering) with my friends to gauge the general feeling about the possible outcome of the state assembly election. Most of them say it is not going to be a cat walk for the Congress as it tho…

For the last two-three days, I have been into quidnunc (news mongering) with my friends to gauge the general feeling about the possible outcome of the state assembly election. Most of them say it is not going to be a cat walk for the Congress as it thought to be a month ago.

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Career as Chef

Many of us are fond of cooking, we love to cook and also taste different cuisines. We cook food ourselves or sometime go out and eat outside in restaurants. Cooking is integral part in our life but when we look it as career, there are many option relat…

Many of us are fond of cooking, we love to cook and also taste different cuisines. We cook food ourselves or sometime go out and eat outside in restaurants. Cooking is integral part in our life but when we look it as career, there are many option related to it. If one is interested in cooking and knows how to cook well then one career option can be of Chef. The word ‘chef’ has its origin from the French phrase chef de cuisine, which means the chief or head of a kitchen. A chef, in the contemporary sense of the term, is an artist who is equipped with specialized training to master the craft of cookery.

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Media war between Congress & BJP in Manipur

The poll for the Manipur Legislative Assembly is knocking at the door and newspapers are getting more and more devoid of charms with the two goliath political entities i.e. Congress & BJP splashing political maxims and slogans praising their own party in the mean time criticising the other, that also in the front of all newspapers of the state occupying almost the whole page. I wonder whether it is the right to information or right to misinformation which we are being privileged with.

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The poll for the Manipur Legislative Assembly is knocking at the door and newspapers are getting more and more devoid of charms with the two goliath political entities i.e. Congress & BJP splashing political maxims and slogans praising their own party in the mean time criticising the other, that also in the front of all newspapers of the state occupying almost the whole page. I wonder whether it is the right to information or right to misinformation which we are being privileged with.

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It’s not just the GDP. There’s also the mystery of 10% growth in consumption expenditure

Who do you believe? The Central Statistics Office which pegged India’s Gross Domestic Product growth for the third quarter (October to December) of financial year 2016-’17 at 7% and private final consumption expenditure growth at a whopping 10.1% over the third quarter of 2015-’16? Or what you see and read about the effects of demonetisation since November 8, 2016?

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Who do you believe? The Central Statistics Office which pegged India’s Gross Domestic Product growth for the third quarter (October to December) of financial year 2016-’17 at 7% and private final consumption expenditure growth at a whopping 10.1% over the third quarter of 2015-’16? Or what you see and read about the effects of demonetisation since November 8, 2016?

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Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast

Dr Budha Kamei
From previous issue
The family of the groom has to give the bride price fixed by the customs to the bride’s family. But if the bride does not like to live with the husband and if she divorces, then the bride price has to be returned by the bride’s family.87 On the other hand, if the groom divorces her the bride price has not given back. T.C.Hodson88 has mentioned about the bride price of the Zeliangrong as Seven buffaloes, two daos, two spears, two strings of beads made of conch shells, two ear ornaments, two black cloths, two eating vessels, and two hoes.

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Dr Budha Kamei
From previous issue
The family of the groom has to give the bride price fixed by the customs to the bride’s family. But if the bride does not like to live with the husband and if she divorces, then the bride price has to be returned by the bride’s family.87 On the other hand, if the groom divorces her the bride price has not given back. T.C.Hodson88 has mentioned about the bride price of the Zeliangrong as Seven buffaloes, two daos, two spears, two strings of beads made of conch shells, two ear ornaments, two black cloths, two eating vessels, and two hoes.

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Divine love and religious harmony

This saint spread non-sectarianism and non-ritualistic spirituality dependent on divine love for God and God in every being. Swami Vivekananda said that in Ramakrishna Paramahansa, we find condensed spirituality developed over the ages. While others pr…

This saint spread non-sectarianism and non-ritualistic spirituality dependent on divine love for God and God in every being. Swami Vivekananda said that in Ramakrishna Paramahansa, we find condensed spirituality developed over the ages. While others promoted mere tolerance, Ramakrishna advocated acceptance of diversity, appreciation and unification of wisdom and love.

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Manipur Assembly election – 2017 : A call for exercising collective wisdom

Most crucial days with regard to the formation of 5 year’s (2017-2022) Government to come, are at hand now. Minds of the electorates are now engaged in deciding whom to be entrusted with the responsibility of representing them and their constituency as an MLA for the next 5 year’s term. Political parties vs political parties, candidates vs candidates and supporters vs supporters are in the battle field. Verily the dates March 4 and 8 are the most crucial days for our State with peculiar problems like the protection of territorial integrity, hill and plain divide, increasing demand for sovereignty of Manipur, unsolved repeated economic blockade adding to the people’s miseries and introduction of ILP system in the State notably.

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Most crucial days with regard to the formation of 5 year’s (2017-2022) Government to come, are at hand now. Minds of the electorates are now engaged in deciding whom to be entrusted with the responsibility of representing them and their constituency as an MLA for the next 5 year’s term. Political parties vs political parties, candidates vs candidates and supporters vs supporters are in the battle field. Verily the dates March 4 and 8 are the most crucial days for our State with peculiar problems like the protection of territorial integrity, hill and plain divide, increasing demand for sovereignty of Manipur, unsolved repeated economic blockade adding to the people’s miseries and introduction of ILP system in the State notably.

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Season of hope deliverance

Election is one of the most important personas of democracy. Wikipedia defines election as a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. For layperson, election is a short season of getting somethin…

Election is one of the most important personas of democracy. Wikipedia defines election as a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. For layperson, election is a short season of getting something from an individual for the work done by standing in a long queue. For some active people, it is a season of merry making. Does anyone care why election is there periodically and why we do we have to elect?

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Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast

From previous issue
It is a rite of incorporation which introduces the child into the family because without a name, a person cannot be counted as a member of the family.34 Fuller35 says, “A name is a kind of face whereby one is known.”Most commonly the ancestor names are given to the children. The name is given sometime having some definite signification, and mostly alluding to some supposed quality or to some accidental circumstance which have happened at the time of birth.36 In this regard, Colonel McCulloch writes, “Five days after the birth of a child it is named with various ceremonies names are not given at random but are compounds of father’s and grand father’s names or those of other near relations”.

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From previous issue
It is a rite of incorporation which introduces the child into the family because without a name, a person cannot be counted as a member of the family.34 Fuller35 says, “A name is a kind of face whereby one is known.”Most commonly the ancestor names are given to the children. The name is given sometime having some definite signification, and mostly alluding to some supposed quality or to some accidental circumstance which have happened at the time of birth.36 In this regard, Colonel McCulloch writes, “Five days after the birth of a child it is named with various ceremonies names are not given at random but are compounds of father’s and grand father’s names or those of other near relations”.

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Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast

The present paper attempts to look into the various rites and ceremonies by which Zeliangrong society marks the physiological phases of human life and all its crises and transitions. These rites and ceremonies are mainly concerned with securing the act…

The present paper attempts to look into the various rites and ceremonies by which Zeliangrong society marks the physiological phases of human life and all its crises and transitions. These rites and ceremonies are mainly concerned with securing the active help of the God and passive for bearable of the malignant spirits, so as to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the individual and his family at the different turning points in his life cycle. They are also public and collective occasions which emphasize the relations of mutual harmony and solidarity between the individual and society and the dependence of the former on the latter.

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Post truth politics in Manipur

Formidable issues against the backdrop of electioneering in Manipur are the controversial Framework Agreement (FA) signed on 3rd August 2015; the indefinite economic blockade on the two lifelines of the people against the creation of seven new district…

Formidable issues against the backdrop of electioneering in Manipur are the controversial Framework Agreement (FA) signed on 3rd August 2015; the indefinite economic blockade on the two lifelines of the people against the creation of seven new districts; and the 15 long years of alleged corruption by the Congress.

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It’s your suffrage; vote ethically

Unlike numerous other nations that chalked up independence from colonial rule, our nation India prides on being a democratic republic country regardless of its size and diversity. As a nation which upholds representative democracy, Indian constitution under article 326 gages the citizens who are not less than 18 years of age to be eligible as a voter in legislative assembly election. Owing to this fact, citizens of India on the basis of adult suffrage elect representatives quinquennially. And as our state Manipur brace up for yet another legislative assembly election, time has come for us to buckle up our aura of political caliber as we cherry-pick the best and esteemable candidate who can frame laws and policies on our behalf.

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Unlike numerous other nations that chalked up independence from colonial rule, our nation India prides on being a democratic republic country regardless of its size and diversity. As a nation which upholds representative democracy, Indian constitution under article 326 gages the citizens who are not less than 18 years of age to be eligible as a voter in legislative assembly election. Owing to this fact, citizens of India on the basis of adult suffrage elect representatives quinquennially. And as our state Manipur brace up for yet another legislative assembly election, time has come for us to buckle up our aura of political caliber as we cherry-pick the best and esteemable candidate who can frame laws and policies on our behalf.

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As PR is out of option, our High Court seems to be the only hope left

With the dateline of assembly election approaching, President’s rule is out of question now. Even if Modi Government wants it, it has to take elction Commmission’s approval; and this is unlikely and impossible. I still maintain that PR must have been imposed before election notification. Had that been, BJP would have won the assembly election hands down and form the new government. They missed that golden opportunity. For Ibobi Govt. , if it handled the economic blockade properly- I mean by forcefully opening the 2 national highways with the help of central forces without blaming the centre and thereby making the essential commodities available – the congress govt. must have won the election hands down. Unfortunately both did not happen.

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With the dateline of assembly election approaching, President’s rule is out of question now. Even if Modi Government wants it, it has to take elction Commmission’s approval; and this is unlikely and impossible. I still maintain that PR must have been imposed before election notification. Had that been, BJP would have won the assembly election hands down and form the new government. They missed that golden opportunity. For Ibobi Govt. , if it handled the economic blockade properly- I mean by forcefully opening the 2 national highways with the help of central forces without blaming the centre and thereby making the essential commodities available – the congress govt. must have won the election hands down. Unfortunately both did not happen.

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Manipur within saffron range

Modiji proclaimed that ‘there is nothing harmful in the accord’. He contemplated and wanted to rescue the people of Manipur from 10% syndrome. He enunciated that “maintaining law and order is the sole responsibility of the State government which includes dealing with the blockades; and no one has the right to rule if unable to maintain peace”. He also hinted an IIT for the State, promised irrigation for agriculture, jobs for youths and treatment for elderly people. The crowd was mesmerized and workers energized.

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Modiji proclaimed that ‘there is nothing harmful in the accord’. He contemplated and wanted to rescue the people of Manipur from 10% syndrome. He enunciated that “maintaining law and order is the sole responsibility of the State government which includes dealing with the blockades; and no one has the right to rule if unable to maintain peace”. He also hinted an IIT for the State, promised irrigation for agriculture, jobs for youths and treatment for elderly people. The crowd was mesmerized and workers energized.

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