Imphal: Manipuri actor Leishangthem Tonthoi Devi won the Best Actress Award at the third Jammu Film Festival.
She was awarded for her role in the Manipuri short film, EEWAI, The Ripple, which was directed by Khwairakpam Bishwamittra, written by Rebika Okram and produced by Samir Thingbaijam.
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NAGALAND'S sensational guitarist who shot to fame after she belted the Indian national anthem on her electric guitar during the Hornbill Festival 2022 has been honoured with the H.E.R Award at the 6th edition of ‘We The Women Festival’ held on March 4 in Jaipur.
The 21-year-old Imnainla Jamir received...
Senapati, Mar 3: Chaonamai (Thingba Khullen) in Manipur's Senapati district recently celebrated its Tai-Nii (Seed-sowing festival) festival from March 1 to 2. Celebrated every year since time immemorial, the villagers marked the event with great pomp and gaiety, and to ensure that younger generation do not take the festival...
TRIBAL LIFE is incomplete without dance and music, and their daily lives revolve around nature, making it central to their existence. The social and cultural lives of the Inpui (Kabui) Naga, who primarily reside in the hills districts of Noney, Tamenglong, and Senapati in Manipur, are inextricably linked with...
LONGPI (Nungbi) BLACK POTTERY is a traditional form of pottery that is produced in the village of Longpi Khullen and Longpi Kajui in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, India.
The Manipur-based indigenous Longpi pottery is made from a mixture of ground black serpentine stone and special clay, which is then shaped...
“THERE IS a shortage of teachers in my school, the road leading to my school is also in a pathetic condition and the well water in our village is not good. It is full of iron”, complains a school student. She was raising her concerns during the Shishu Gaon...
Imphal: Johnson Rajkumar, film archivist who works as a volunteer at the SN Chand Cine Archive & Museum of Manipur State Film Archive & Museum bagged the “Champions of Film Heritage Award” at the recently held, annual ‘Film Preservation and Restoration Workshop’, organised jointly by Film Heritage Foundation (FHF),...
IMAGINE LIVING with floods for six months in a year! This is a reality for the people of Dhemaji District in Upper Assam. Floods have become a part and parcel of their lives for decades now. They have no option but to adapt to living with floods which they...
GAY MOVIES and series have become popular in recent years. It used to be that you could barely find a non-stereotypical gay character on a movie or TV show, let alone a male couple. Sometimes, they would jump through hoops to imply the characters had feelings for each other,...
ART HAS always been a deep part of human culture ever since mankind perfected their craft in it. And as with the current trend and the influence of different types of TV Shows and animated series, a lot of youngsters are now not just watching them but putting their time...