Network Business In Manipur: Capitalist Fetishism
Human wants know no limits
In the most recent scandal involving a China-based networking business company, under the name of Jainex International Trade (JIT), around 2000 people have invested around INR 20 to 30 crores (Sangai Express, Imphal, October 16, 2010). And the company has disappeared as if a bubble has busted. This is not the first time people in Manipur have been duped. Network business,...
THE Great Meitei Nation
Emperor Constantine of Rome who brought Christianity to the Empire proclaimed majestically standing atop’¦ that ‘Under God’s watch, we shall conquer and never fall!’ Well what you can see now are the ruins of a once great nation, but the inspirational sentiment still moves the soul. The Meitei nation that was once so powerful looked like it would never fall. Well what we...
Zero Garbage Drive Picks Up Momentum
IMPHAL, Sep 27: An awareness meeting on Zero Garbage Campaign for Wangkhei Assembly Constituency ward no. 23 was organized by Khurai Polo Club at its campus today. Minister of Commerce and Industries Yumkham Erabot attended the meeting as chief guest.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister Erabot exhorted that the campaign should be made successful at any cost and said that keeping Imphal city neat and...
Hills Echo With Irabot’s Message
IMPHAL, Sep 24: Inspiring messages of Jananeta Hijam Irabot echoed for the first time in the hill areas of Manipur today with hill-based organizations taking the onus of organizing commemorative functions of the 114th birth anniversary of the first political leader of Manipur.
At Ichum Keirak Village, Ichum Keirak Area Youth Development Organization organized the commemorative function chairman of...
Constitutional Crisis In Manipur
From the time I first visited Manipur I have been painfully aware of the divisions within the Manipur society. And I have also been aware how deeply ignorant the rest of us in India are about the history and geography of the area.
The first time I went to Ukhrul was in 1982 as a part of a women’s team to investigate into the human rights violations by the Indian armed forces during a counter-insurgency...
Tamu Traders Seek Peace In Manipur
TAMU (Myanmar), Sept. 21: Myanmar’s traders and officials at Tamu town are seeking an improvement in Manipur‘s law and order situation so that border trade with India could be enhanced.
‘So far the border trade between India and our country is going on smoothly. But we are hoping that the security problem on your side of the border will improve further so we can enhance trading activities,’...
The Myth Of Manipur: A Study