"Ethnological Gallery: exhibits Manipur's multi ethnic identities, speaking impeccable tastes of artistic creations" (November 30)
By Bit Irom 
The newly renovated "Ethnological Gallery" to the existing rich collection of the Manipur State Museum has carved out a niche for itself in preserving cultural heritage and multi ethnic identities of this multi-ethnic linguistic state in which several artifacts are put on display, speaking (of) Manipur's impeccable tastes in artistic creations.

Is it a Fiscal Crisis only? (November 30)
By E. Bijoykumar Singh
Gone are the days when the salaried class used to consider themselves privileged. The experience of 80 thousand odd government employees in the last few months has been nightmarish. Even in normal circumstances they were hard pressed to keep up with the Joneses irrespective of known sources of income.

Yangon to authorize a travel agency for tourists coming from India through Moreh (November 30)
By Bit Irom
Yangon is looking forward to have close relationship with its neighboring country - India through Moreh - international trade center in the Manipur sector. The Senior General Than Shwe has instructed Myanmar military junta authorities posted at Tamu and Kalemyo to authorize a travel agency inside Myanmar for happy traveling of foreign tourists particularly those coming from India through Moreh, India's gateway to South-East Asian countries.

AIDS prevention: Responsibility of a responsible man (November 28)
By Seram Neken Singh 
"I know about AIDS, how it is transmitted and how it is not. I know how to protect my family, the generation and myself. Therefore, I take care by following the necessary norms and by spreading the knowledge and information about this disease to others without hesitation.

Tenth Plan: NE - Perspective for Women (November 27)
Issues for Consideration
By Smt C R Chhibber 
Over the years the planning strategies for women have evolved from welfare to development to empowerment. Policy planners have become more sensitive to gender and women's issue in recent years. A large number of policies and programs have been brought out to improve the status of women. The programs and schemes have been targeted to meet specific problems and needs of women especially those that are disadvantaged and below the poverty line.

The ABCs of IDSs (Intrusion Detection Systems) (November 26)
By Carolyn Meinel 
You have the world's best firewall, your Windows computers update their antivirus software regularly and your Information Security staffers enforce your policies with an iron fist. Does this mean you're safe? 

Manipur - a Muslim perspective (November 26)
By Shakil Ahmed
The North-East is another India, the most diverse part of a most diverse country’ (B.G. Verghese, 1996). This sums up the diverse nature of the North-East. Manipur, a state in India’s North-East, is so diverse a society that there are as many as 30 ethnic groups and adherents of many religions found in the world. It is an ancient state with an area of 22,327 sq.kms.

Medicinal negligence and Consumer Protection Act (Nov 24)
Tips for making complaints.
The provisions of Consumer Protection Act in relation to medical services have been highlighted here in the form of easy tips specially in order to guide the consumer (patients or otherwise) in moving a complaint.

Conflicts and Civil Responses in NE India: Polemics and Perspectives on Manipur (November 21)
By Ito Tongbram and Dr. Dhanabir Laishram
Human history has not been an amiable narrative of peaceful co-existence and development. Throughout the various epochs, many politico-cultural trends have emerged and disappeared, only to appear again in subtler forms and then proceed toward other transformations.

Agriculture infrastructures in Manipur (November 19)
A concrete strategy to strengthen called in the Tenth Plan
By Dr. N. Mohendro Singh
Agriculture sector has to make a lasting sense in the development process of the North-East under a new environment of strong and sustained temptation to produce "Exportable Surplus". At the moment the North East remains visibly paged with the burden of food-deficit to the extent of Rs. 2500 crores per annum (Shukla Commission, 1997).

The Farce of Transparency (November 16)
By E Bijoykumar Singh
It was a promising time. There were talks about downsizing, rationalizing the administered prices and introducing accountability and transparency. The various committees of the state planning board had deliberated on perspectives of the impending tenth five-year plan, measures for resource mobilization and extent of surplus in government staff.

Conflict Resolution in the North-East (November 14)
By Prof. N. Sanajaoba.
The complex conflict-structure, conflict-genesis, its morphology and conflict-phenomenon that characterize the civil society in the North-East in the last century would demonstrate that conflict-resolution, more particularly through a process of peaceful 'settlement' of disputes is going to be an uphill task. 

India's Golden Triangle (November 13)
By Rahul Bedi
Sandwiched between the heroin producing states of Pakistan and Afghanistan on the west and Myanmar (Burma) on its east, India continues to be a vital link in the drug smuggling pipeline to the West. Federal Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials claim nearly 10 tonnes of heroin and at least twice that amount of Ganja found its way across India's porous borders, past conniving border guards and along well 'oiled' paths to Europe and the United States via air and sea routes.

Building a Transport GIS in Manipur (November 12) PART 1
By Keith R Johnson
Manipur is one of the seven North-Eastern States in India with a total area of 22,327 sq. km.and a population now of just over two million. Imphal, the centrally located capital has an elevation of about 800m above sea level .To the east and south east of Manipur is Myanmar, to the north is Nagaland; to the west is Assam and to the south-west is Mizoram. In 1991 the population of Manipur was 1,837,149. 

Linguistic Matrix in Manipur (November 11) 
By U A Shimray 
A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by which members of a social group cooperate and interact” (Gazetteer of India, Volume I). Language is not only a tool of communication but also has ethnic socio-cultural and political implications. Various ethnic groups typically have their own dialects. These are often seen by those who use them as languages in their own right.

Terror Free Legal Regime - PART 1 (November 5)
By Prof. Naorem Sanajaoba
The United Nations Charter and the contemporary international law have repudiated illegal use of force barring in the event of self-defense. Armed conflicts and wars of national liberation do occur and they are regulated by the humanitarian laws- the Geneva, the Hague and the UN laws including the Martens clause, among others.

Origin, Concept and Growth of Kut (November 3)
By TS Gangte
The people now inhabiting Mizoram, the tribes in the hills of Manipur other than the Naga dominant areas, the Kukis of Nagaland, Assam, Tripura and Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh and the people in the Chin State of Myanmar are the tribes who have been professing observance of various kinds of KUT festivals from time immemorial

Dark age still prevails in Tamenglong and Churachandpur Hills 
By Nepram Tombi.Meetei 
"Use the salt and the mustard oil in little quantities otherwise nothing will be left in a few days' time," the ailing mother told her little daughter cooking food in a dirty silver ware. As. soon as she wiped her brows with one hand, a faint cursing escaped her lips. "Darn these insects. Coming all the time as if they could not do without humans." And than she turned to her son who had just returned from hunting on the day's account.