Climate change in the present times is being jargonised and represented in every sphere of international and national dialogues and platforms. We have been constantly hearing of alarming and apocalyptic news related to it such as the infamous melting of the Arctic glaciers, rise in sea level, and temperature...
October is named as “ChagaHiu”, the month of Chagaa festival among the Liangmai of Zeliangrong community. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, it is very unlikely that there will be community celebrations of Chagaa Ngee this year. Nevertheless, I write this article to celebrate the spirit and the quintessence of...
Two visit to Pettigrew College, Ukhrul in the month of February, 2018 and again on the 6th September, 2019 goaded my thoughts that it is my social and moral responsibility that Pettigrew College, a college that bears the name of the man who brought the gospel of Christ to...
BRIEF OVERVIEW
Someone has rightly described forests as ‘the lungs of the planet’. This shows the most fundamental function of the forest — it acts as a carbon sink; soaking up carbon dioxide and giving out oxygen to the environment for the survival of human beings and animals.
Forests, simultaneously, provide...
Tamenglong people during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Within the last one month or so, denizens of Tamenglong headquarters have seen Community Transmission (CT) of Covid-19. People were so scared of the CT that they had abstained from venturing out to bazaar even for essential commodities. Orders of Containment Zones were...
“The number you’re calling is not reachable” says an automated voice as Shanatombi called up her husband who had gone to Ukhrul from Imphal for work. It automatically occurred to her that it must be network error (for who hasn’t heard of Ukhrul’s poor connectivity). So she waited and...
“Whereas, the Home Department, Government of Manipur had issued orders regarding guidelines on unlock, vide No. 9/6(1)/ 2020-H(Pt), dated the 31st August 2020.
Whereas, the PROHIBITORY ORDERS UNDER SECTION 144 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 1973 (Senapati, the 5th September 2020) imposed a curfew from 6 PM to 5...
What does it take to build a library? Not so much, yet a lot. This is the story of the wonderful things I learned in helping my friends build a public library in a village called Chaengdai, a beautiful Rongmei village situated six hours away from Imphal, standing tall...
"It's alright, everything will be okay. You just think too much."
"You just think too much.” These five -word echolalia keeps resonating in the tiny head incessantly.
They poured in remarks of tranquility with hopes to steady a storm which is beyond the reach of its own calm. A point of...
The Orchidaceae is one of the largest and highly evolved families of angiosperms on earth, consisting of nearly 25,000 species with more than 850 genera. Due to their range of diversity in shape, size and colour of flowers and leaves, characterized by distinct floral morphology, pollination mechanism, association with...