Please meet Thotchuiwon Jajo, the lady Master Chef from Manipur's Ukhrul District, Shingkap Village and the proprietor of Asian Flavours, one of the most reputed food catering services in national capital.
Chef Jajo has three national awards under her belt:1) Lady Chef of the Year 2020 (Women Power) at Le...
I spent a considerable amount of my childhood with an old couple who used to be our tenants in one of our rented rooms, who treated me like their own grandchild and so, I called them Pupu and Abok. Pupu was a great storyteller, he would narrate to me...
Ukhrul: As the 5th edition of the four-day-long 2023 Shirui Lily State festival draws nearer, organised by Manipur Tourism Department, from May 17 to May 20, here is a sneak peak at the flower and its stamp origin.
Shirui Lily Indian postal stamp was released by the Department of...
ONCE THERE was a boy whose parents had died, and he lived in the house of some relatives, but the man and his wife constantly ill-treated him. When he went with the other young people to work in the fields the woman used to give him food to take...
Former Director General of Police of Manipur, LM Khaute IPS in what seems to be a last family photoshoot from his office chambers shared heart warming photos of his family together captioned "Having served the country over 36-odd years as Indian Police Service Officer-1985 Batch, I took voluntary...
In a quaint corner of Senapati district lies Ze Mnui village, settled amidst the clouds, and untouched by the hustle and bustle of the town. This unique heritage village of the Zeme tribe sits precariously on a steep rocky slope and paying the village a visit is nothing short...
According to this Mao-Naga myth, Tiger, Spirit and Humankind (man) were three brothers who came into  existence through the miraculous union between the already existing first woman and the clouds of the sky. How the first human being, that is, the woman came into existence is not explained but...
This account of Feast of Merit at Ungma 1947 is extracted from Mildred Archer's Diary dated 9th October 1947.
Yesterday we went to a Feast of Merit in Ungma village. It was the third day, the climax of the celebrations, when the mithan is sacrificed at night. We went at...
I remember two analogical stories my dad repeatedly told me as a boy. These are stories of life’s great lessons to me. One is a story of a muzzle-loader rifle and the other of Bamboo shoots
Ningol Chakouba is a festival of the Meitei community observed in Manipur and across the Manipuri diaspora on the second day of the month of Hiyangei, which usually takes place in late October or November month of Manipuri calendar.
'Ningol', meaning, married daughter and 'Chakouba', meaning, invitation to a grand...