Category Archives: Opinion

When police mix use of excessive powers with communal colour

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Notorious for human rights abuse and its act of hooliganism in the shadow of AFSPA, almost every youths in the state have been in the shoe of victimhood of the excessively aggressive Manipur Police at one point or the other. … Continue reading →

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Losing Lives & Empathy to Covid-19

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“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” – Hannah Arendt The first Covid-19 case in India was reported on the 20th of January, 2020 in … Continue reading →

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Nagas refusing to reinvent themselves

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Every human society emerging from the dark past have had the courage to shed all of their bruised, worn-out and negative image in pursuit of reinventing themselves into new image befitting the battle of redeeming themselves from the bondage of … Continue reading →

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Unheard Voices: Covid-19, Policies and Children

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About two months back, a four-years-old girl lost her father to Covid-19 in North India. Since she did not see her dad leaving home nor attended his funeral service, there is no way for her to understand death.  Her world … Continue reading →

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Agenda worth living for!

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Chinese saying has it said, ‘True love for the children consists in teaching them fishing skills; certainly not in feeding them with ready to eat fish’. Chinese have had it doubled down on the given Truth: (a) if you plan … Continue reading →

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Doctors or Visioners-Healers?

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The influence of khanong (i.e., the local healers, visioners) can be constructive, but it can also be misleading and fatal to our society, especially in times of crisis. Considering this reality (and the urgency during the Covid situation), we need … Continue reading →

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Care-taker chairman!

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In the ongoing journey of any society, there comes along issues time to time which are fundamental to the image and character of the people. For us, at the very present juncture, are the ADC related issues, which for the … Continue reading →

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‘If you want anything done, serve:’ Serving can break down barriers

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Amid the gloom and doom of life, we can see a glimmer of hope, if we are willing! In the midst of Covid crisis in India, many are seeing that light through the Sikhs. With the rise in Covid-19 cases, … Continue reading →

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125th Anniversary of the birth of Baptist Church in the land of the Tangkhuls. Celebration or Mourning

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To Christians, the world over, regardless of denominations, the only one central meeting point is the most authentic, most authoritative and most unambiguous version is the Lord Jesus Christ declaring Himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jhn … Continue reading →

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Kukis and Koubru: Epitome of Unity

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While the country battles against the dreaded Covid Second Wave, the religiosity and sacredness of Mount Koubru (Mount Simtong) has been the topic everyone immerses with in recent weeks. The issue revolves around two communities who have their own points … Continue reading →

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