The main aim of this article is to disseminate awareness on the health hazards associated with mobile towers, especially those families who stayed nearby the tower at Sinakeithei and other Tangkhul villages of Ukhrul district.
The 21st century, the civilization characterized by a pinnacle of science and technology, innovation, communication...
MR. O Nabakishore Singh (retired IAS) former Chief Secretary of Manipur, under Mr. O Ibobi Singh, former Chief Minister of Manipur, your write ups: Perspective of the Hill tribals in Manipur and your rejoinder to the rebuttals by Mr. Ngaranmi Shimray were commendable but lack the sense of justice...
Shallow understanding of cultures or reinforcing singularity of cosmology has resulted in yet another assault on the Indigenous Peoples before the wound of dog meat ban in Nagaland, India under the aegis of People for Animals (PFA), is healed. Based on the video that went viral on social media,...
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...
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...
A judge of the painting competition holding up a water colour paint of Biodiversity on seminar- Know your Local Flora and Fauna) at Phalee. It is a representation of our younger generation outlook on Biodiversity. (Art by Thingreiso Raingam).
(Nature for future, how? Only if nurture now – Ngashikngam Khayi...
Wungreiyon Moinao
IN 1955 Pete Seeger wrote the famous song ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?’ expressing disdain for war. The song is cyclical in nature expressing the futility and the unending cycle of war. It opens with a simple question “Where have all the flowers gone?” And comes the...
IN THE BATTLE between the Philistines and the Israelites, Goliath, the champion of the Philistines said to the Israelites, “Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants.But if...
“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...
How can the youth carry the weight of the past if we do not understand its roots?
This question lingers in my mind every time I think about writing my views on Naga political issues. There’s a quiet struggle within me, a war between the heart that urges me to...