Easterine KireA black and white photograph of former President of India, Zail Singh, in animated conversation with a Sikh gentleman, was featured by friends on social media. The story behind this picture was ne
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Easterine KireI am struck by the quiet heroism of unassuming, ordinary people that are doing what they do without any desire for recognition. They dont care about visibility or social media presence, but the th
Hollyhocksn Beans growing in the rooftop garden. (Photo Courtesy: Nosano Kikhi) Easterine KireNosano has been making a rooftop garden all Spring and now we can see the harvest of it in summer. Gardeni
Easterine Kire The earth waited,longing for the touchof hands that servedin faraway places; in citiesthat don't recognizetheir names nor the sweatof their brows on a scorchingSummer day; andfor years and y
Easterine KireSenganglu Thaimei lives in Delhi with her husband. She teaches English literature at a Delhi University college. Sengmei, as she is known to her friends, claims she is not a professional artist, a
A review – Part TwoGrowing up in Impur where his father Imchaba was a teacher, seven-year-old Lanu Toy witnessed first-hand a tiger hunt by men of Mopungchuket village. They were armed with spears and shields
Easterine Kire A review – part oneUncle Lanu Toys biography came in the post yesterday. This beautifully bound book weighing a little more than a kilogram has a warm photograph of a smiling Uncle Toy on
Can we? No. Our culture doesnt teach us to say no, so we find ourselves frustrated after saying yes to too many people. I am struggling right now to complete writing three papers before the stroke of midnight.
Easterine Kire The second Theja Football tournament has just been concluded in Lengrijan. A brainchild of the Grace Covenant church, the tournament drew as many as twelve teams from different churche
Easterine KireLet us look at the Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) example. The ECS based in Tuensang has been making such a great difference in the lives of the people in and around Tuensang, and is spreading
Easterine KireTime and again, we read of attacks on Christian ministries in other states of India. The Catholic community has suffered the most from these attacks. Church property has been taken from the member
Easterine KireUkiyo is a bookstore opened by 29-year-old Martin Thokchom. Martin has a great love for books and anything to do with the world of books. Established in Imphal, the little bookstore soon discovere
Easterine KireAll those essays we wrote in our High School days on the virtues of Discipline with a capital D, and all those essays we corrected as teachers when it was another generations turn to write essays
Easterine KireIts very dark today. It is because it has been raining and raining and even at midday which is right now, there is very little light from outside. I feel nostalgic. I remember what we used to do i
Contemporary culture has been insisting for quite long that life is for the young and the young at heart. The twenty-first century has created such an unnatural fear of ageing that when a sibling announces his
How much does a kilo of rice cost? I mean, good quality rice. 50 rupees? 60 rupees? Or a kilo of dal? How much poorer will you be if you deduct that amount every month from your budget? Try out the onko because
- The journey of the little Red kingIt rather sounds like the title for a doctoral thesis, doesnt it? Well, I hope it inspires research work as this is an intriguing, fascinating tale I have been told, eve
A number of us were discussing a habit amongst our people which is very ingrained and reappears in generation after generation. It is hurtful, and tactless and totally unnecessary. The number of adults who do i
Maps are made by men, of course. To prove my theory, I googled the first map maker and it was a Greek man named Anaximander. He made a map of the known world in 6 Century BC. He is said to have drawn an e
The word enabler began to be used with a negative connotation in the 80s and 90s. In those days our society was struggling with alcohol abuse and drug abuse, the latter being new on the horizon. Parents did not
