A melancholic canvas to begin with in the first place, Justin’s story is filled with inspiring, miraculous turns of events. From growing up as an orphan under heartbreaking circumstances and poverty to becoming a star seller artist in the USA, Justin has come a long way!
Born in Ukhrul in...
IN THE middle of dry winter season, Ukhrul crackles with the cry of water shortage crisis.Even with more than six months of a healthy amount of rainfall, 1763.7 mm average annual rainfall, Ukhrul struggles to keep up with the demand for domestic water needs, especially during the dry winter...
Manipur’s chequered history of hill-valley divide has resurrected in its varied forms again, but this time it is not in the form of demands for ethnic enclaves, but for equal development opportunity for hill areas and more autonomy to Autonomous District Councils and HAC (Hill Areas Committee). In the...
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 Leander Peas became the first Indian to win a solo Olympic medal at the Atlanta games in 1996, lawn tennis was a sport that struck chords with only a few Indians at that time. Today, the same can be said for the small Tangkhul community where lawn tennis...
Guru Rewben Mashangva was born on 21 June 1961 and brought up in Choithar village of Ukhrul district, Manipur, to a father who was a carpenter. Guru Mashangva has come a long way from the life of matriculate, street hummer to the podium of Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest...
In the recently concluded Military Literature Festival 2020, India-China relations managed to be the epicentre of the discussions on India’s security architecture.
The 2020 Festival arrived in the backdrop of incidents like Galwan and Ladakh standoffs, with the memories of 2017 Doklam standoff still ripe. The pattern of disturbances, neither...
Theithei Luithui’s music complements folk and rock in a distinctive form making her one of the few best folk rock musicians of the Tãngkhul Community. Singer, songwriter and composer, Theithei Luithui comes from a family of musical lineage. This foundation exposed her to a variety of genres of music...
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...