Was Cleopatra Really Beautiful With Tribal Meitei Girl Hair Style Anyone who is familiar with Shakespeare’s drama Julius Caesar – his life and bloody death, and with only one woman, Cleopatra, knows that it’s one of the most testosterone-fuelled of… Continue Reading
My Memories Of Imphal From 1941 Part 17 Of 20 I know what Voltaire, the French Enlightenment philosopher, said: “History consists of a series of imaginative inventions.” But, modern Manipuri historians might find just coherence in my vigorous insistence that… Continue Reading
All Roads In Manipur Lead To Blockades Manipur – the land of gods and heroes – a previous nation state of peace and tranquillity with a fusion of geography, season, communities and families – is at the crossroads in this… Continue Reading
My Memories Of Imphal From 1941 Part 16 Of 20 The celebration of Lai Harouba is in extreme contrast to those of Hindu festivals, such as Jalakeli (Bengali, Jal Khel) – water sport. To Meitei devotees, entering a Hindu temple… Continue Reading
Air Pollution Increases Dementia & Lowers Fertility It was news in TSE (September 2 2018) that ushered in with a shocking bang that the air pollution in Imphal city, is twice the normal healthy limit, quoting L Radhakishore Singh, Chairman… Continue Reading
Are Humans Likely To Live Beyond 125 All good things come to an end. Old civilisations that were admired and celebrated, fell inexplicably. Old age can be a little monotonous on its own; but pep it up with the ravages… Continue Reading
My Memories Of Imphal From 1941 Part 15 Of 20 The monograph of this swiftly produced series is an anthology of images of places and people of Manipur that existed more than half a century ago. From the pieces’ beginning,… Continue Reading
My Memories Of Imphal From 1941 Part 14 Of 20 I have ceased vituperating against the Lai Harauba celebration. In my boyhood, I took it to be an absurd belief in non-existent spirits; a zeigeist of that period when when… Continue Reading
My Memories Of Imphal From 1941 Part 13 Of 20 By now, our learned readers must have understood that my writings are not a narrative based on research, but simply telling stories of Meitei cultural ethos that I, as a… Continue Reading
Alcohol As Cause Of Cancer – New Research Confirms Unlike so much received wisdom, this fragment is absolutely true. It’s not meant to be a kill-joy. According to the latest (2018) UN Health Agency Report, alcohol kills 3 million people… Continue Reading