For Ringphaso Vashum for attaining the High Achiever's Category in Drums Grade 8, East India Rockschool Exams 2021B.
Ringphaso vashum hails from Paorei village. Born into a humble family of five siblings, his father Mawonshang Vashum and his mother Mercy Vashum are cultivators. Growing up in a society where music...
This is Akshay Kumar Sha from Buxar, Bihar. Those who grew up in and around Lamphel will know him as Lambu or Amitabh. He has been selling sugarcane juice since 1986. He left his village Nenua for an unknown state in search of better life. Since his arrival, he...
Pastor Vareishum Kamkara was born on December 28, 1928, in Nungbi Khullen village, Ukhrul, Manipur, India. His parents were animists, as were most Tangkhul Nagas at that time.
When Vareishum was 14, his mother passed away. His father struggled to take care of their children. Six months after the death...
What is your father’s name? what does he do for a living? I grew up accustomed to these questions like many of us, having received them so often. These questions on their own are not the problem, but it is the intention behind asking these questions about a father...
When I was a little boy, I once went cycling towards Koirengei in Imphal. And as I crossed the area and went further towards Sekmai, I got scared. I thought I was almost reaching Nagaland. It would be dangerous for me in a foreign land, I thought. So, in...
I first came to Imphal in 2014 for school when I got admission into Maria Montessori. My father had heard about the school from his friends and so, he decided to get me an entrance form. Luckily, I was able to secure a spot in the school and hence...
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...
I grew up with music having a father who was very enthusiastic about music and my uncles who were all rockstars back in their time. It all started with the catchy "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees, but it wasn't until I came across a disc of Deep Purple’s live...
I always think if Ukhrul becomes Nagalim, how will it look on my Passport? Anyway, God will decide and in His Gracious time we will see.
In a Youth Church setting, I asked a group of young adults, "Where do you wish you were born". Some said Australia, some good...
Born in May, a Geminians, I have always looked for ways to improve self to the extent of changing my weakness into strengths. God has blessed me with a fine quality of “never say die attitude” all these years.
I first landed on a job as a probationary officer in...