Tag Archives: Features

Immortal Intimacy

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Afternoon coffee_ watching the Winter raindrops mate on our glass window. white sheets and furs between the warmth of our skin. feets smuggling to Yiruma’s rhythm. The crackles of fire melting the clock to the midnights heat; sharing spaces without … Continue reading →

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Walking the fatherless road: Growing up with single mother

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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 … Continue reading →

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Iwui Story: My Father, Music and Me

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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 … Continue reading →

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Iwui Story: On Racism

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My nine year old daughter who started schooling in mainland India when she was five began to feel the heat of racism. One day she came home from school convinced that she was Chinese! Seems her friends told her that … Continue reading →

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Emagi Phiji Marumda: Sorri, Guru Rewben, Pushparani & Pinky

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Department of Social Welfare, Government of Manipur, FXB India Suraksha, and Wang Motion Pictures with the support from ECPAT Luxembourg presents Emagi Phiji Marumda an awareness Manipuri Music Video featuring Guru Rewben, Pushparani, Sorri Senjam and Pinky Saikhom with Sorri … Continue reading →

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Iwui Story: Joykumar Thounaojam

I was criticised and laughed by others for running a women business Continue reading →

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Chansa Makan’s ‘Living Ghosts and Other Uncanny Stories’ review

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CHANSA MAKAN’S Living Ghosts and Other Uncanny Stories is equally an easy and a complex read. Positionality might determine the sway. For an outsider, these stories could merely be myths, thrillers or random ‘other’ uncanny stories. For an insider, these stories, … Continue reading →

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s last onscreen appearance at 7:30pm today!

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Loving Rimai | July 24: Dil Bechara is releasing today at 7:30 pm on Disney Plus Hotstar, a movie based on the best selling novel, “the fault in our stars” by John Green. As a tribute to Sushant, his final … Continue reading →

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The boy who became a Hornbill – Zeme Folktale

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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 … Continue reading →

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Freshwater Snail🐌 Recipe

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Ingredients: Snail, galangal ( loklei in Manipur ), ginger, hooker chives, garlic chives, potato, Sichuan pepper leaves, culantro, fermented fish, pork fats and dry king chilli. Steps: 1) cut the bottom part of the snail, add salt and water, soak … Continue reading →

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