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EDITORIAL: Look East Head West? Rehashed Script
The economy of the country is supposed to be galloping at a healthy 8 pc growth and India is among the countries, besides Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa, projected as the next big thing to happen in the world. An emerging star, we may say and this has come about primarily after the country opened...
EDITORIAL: Naga Crusaders: A Bunch Of Jokers Invoking The Four S
The Naga Crusaders. This is the name of the latest entrant to the list of jokers we have in Manipur but with a dangerous agenda. The name itself suggests that these jokers believe or want to pull wool over the eyes of the public by christening themselves ‘crusaders’, crusading for something on behalf...
EDITORIAL: Peace- A Harder Ball Game 1997 To 2011, 14 Year Itch
It is an irony but an educative irony, no doubt, and this learning curve has come not from the vicissitudes of the years spent in the jungles, but more from the days spent in sitting across the table and negotiating with the former foe. It took the NSCN, read the Isak-Muivah faction, more than or nearly...
EDITORIAL: The Devil Within! Split Wide Open!
Launching an armed movement on some lofty ideals and ideologies is but just a part of the whole, known as the insurrection. Sustaining the movement is an altogether different kettle of fish and more challenging, if we may add. Apart from the challenges of sustaining a movement, which every rebel leader...
EDITORIAL: ‘No Entry’ Growl To ‘Personal Request’ Squeak! Quixotic Decisions
It was definitely a bucket of cold water after a hot shower and it is hard to say which side was left more bemused-those rolling out the red carpet at Senapati district headquarters or those who had imposed a dawn to dusk general strike in Imphal. Word smiths we are, but the temptation to flip through...
EDITORIAL: Studying May 28, May 30, The NPF conundrum
The situation calls for statesmanship of the highest order. It also calls for a mature response from the people, particularly the Meitei community. On May 28, Nagaland Chief Minister Nephiu Rio along with some of his senior Cabinet colleagues are set to arrive at Senapati district headquarters to formally...
EDITORIAL: Confusion. Thy Name Is Manipur, Method Behind The Madness
Confusion. This perhaps sums up the Manipur that we know today. To this we may add Anarchy and Chaos for the images that come to mind whenever we talk about Manipur invariably means a place where everything has turned topsy-turvy and everything that represents a set order or system is turned on its head...
EDITORIAL: Grassroots Politics, Decentralization Of Power
Power and authority to the grass root is undeniably one of the more favored slogans of a democracy and while no one can justifiably contest the merit behind the philosophy of disseminating power to the grass root level, this comes with certain riders, as evidenced in the institution of local self Governments,...
EDITIORIAL: The Irony Of May 21 And 22… Educating Delhi On Terror
It was terrorism that killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991, while he was on an election campaign at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu and it was on May 22, 1958 that India adopted the Armed Forces Special Powers Act as an Ordinance. While May 21 continues to be observed all over the...
EDITORIAL: Obsession With CI Ops… Losing Touch Of The Fundas
It could be due to a misplaced sense of priority or a failure to break free from the stereotypical understanding of a job profile or a wrong policy pursued by the Government but today the State Police Department stands exposed as a force totally inept in handling crimes which do not fall under the ambit...
EDITORIAL: Passing The Unpalatable As Manna… Calling The Govt’s Bluff
Comedy is an art, demanding a certain degree of creativity from the man behind the camera as well as the artiste in front of it, not to talk about the script writer. Buffoonery is not comedy and far from being an exercise in creativity, its primary aim is to target the baser instinct of mankind. Poles...
