My family left my village Ninchou in the early 70’s and came to Imphal for better opportunities not because we had a plan or a better future but for survival.
Life has been a treacherous process filled with uncertainties of eviction of house to the complexities of conflict between different...
Flipping through old photo albums, I always joked that these pictures spoke of a rags-to-riches story. Another time, I laughed at the way adults employ such corrupting methods to get inherently materialistic children on their good side with baits like confections and toy figurines. Other times, when I feel...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Even the wine vendors gave me credit because I was that regular.
I was criticised and laughed by others for running a women business
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...
MY NAME is Worchihan Zingkhai and this is my story. I am from the beautiful Tangkhul mountain village of Ngahui in the Ukhru! district of Manipur. I began school in Ukhrul, finished in Shillong and then in January of 2007, came to Delhi to work, study and be free.
Six...