Wild plant delight

Nutrient-rich ootti is a must on Manipuri platter on festivals

Wholesome cure

Even the unripe papaya fruit is a good source of nutrition

The Manipur advantage

Shame puts the cork back in liquor bottles

Campaigns by women have been successful in curbing alcoholism among their menfolk in Manipur and Andhra Pradesh, but similar efforts have failed …

Damned Projects

State operations surrounding three hydel schemes are causing controversy. In the Uttaranchal hills, there are allegations of repression. In …

Rice that binds

Amongst those who count the dead in Manipur

Floating islands of the world

Floating islands have fascinated us since ancient times

The ties that bind

Bamboo flowering

People in northeast India fear bamboo flowering. According to an ancient belief when bamboos flower, there is death and destruction.

Logjam

Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work …

Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur driving a wedge?

Imphal, Manipur's capital, came to a grinding halt on August 28, with a strike being called. Imphal's people are habituated to bandhs, and most …

Dam alert

The construction of the Thoubal multi-purpose dam and the Tapaimukh dam in Manipur has sparked off protests

Under siege

The impasse in Manipur, which represents the festering unrest in the entire Northeast, needs a caring administrative policy, not bullets and raids

Cement out of the bag

At the crossroads

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local-based prosperity

The verdict

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

The accused

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

Wasteful expenditure

Band of Positive Brothers, Manipur music band of HIV-positive youngsters

Be responsible

Floating fields

Rural folk can grow rice on lakes in Manipur

Piercing problem

The syringe exchange programme to contain the spread of AIDS in Manipur has no takers

People's protest

Northeast scores in ecology