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By Hoihnu Hauzel — September 29, 2021
By Hoihnu Hauzel — August 25, 2021
By Team NE Stories — April 22, 2021
By Ninglun Hanghal — April 5, 2021
By The NE Stories — February 17, 2021
By Chongrosiem Hauzel — February 8, 2021
By Ninglun Hanghal — October 16, 2020
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Category: People

Hoihnu Hauzel   -   September 29, 2021
Don’t let Bickychand Khangjrakpam’s quiet demeanour fool you. This is a man who most likely knows more about ‘business agility’ and ‘customer behaviour’ than your favourite management school professor. His knowledge comes not from textbooks and case studies but from actually having had his ear to the ground. Or shall we say – the shop […]
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Hoihnu Hauzel   -   August 25, 2021
Deep inside Arunachal Pradesh, a sleepy village called Hong in Ziro Valley (five hours off Itanagar), will never be the same again. Ever since Naara Aaba, the first-ever winery in the mountainous state came up in this village, life too has changed for the 181 families as they must now get used to the constant chatter […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   May 17, 2021
“Kari yenshang thongdoino, Eteima?” (what are you preparing for today’s meal, big sister-in-law?)  - a voice rings out to thunderous applause. The year is 1972. Manipur has just been presented its first full-length feature film. Matamgi Manipur debuted on 9th April 1972. The cinema hall was packed to overflowing. There was an unmistakable thrum of […]
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The NE Stories   -   May 3, 2021
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional,” says Haruki Murakami in his book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Murakami tells us about the thoughts that run through his head when he’s on a long haul  - the agony and brutality of the long-distance experience, its connection with life and the fleeting nature […]
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Team NE Stories   -   April 22, 2021
There is a touch of the burlesque in Thokchom Sony’s art. His subjects are colourful, extravagant, humorous, incredibly stylish and yet there’s something unsettling about them. They wear vividly coloured, beautifully designed clothes, have elaborate hairdos and strike bold, exaggerated poses, but their eyes look serious. On a closer look, even sad. And if you […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   April 5, 2021
Weaving traditional Tangkhul folk into guitar riffs inspired by Western folk artists combined with a creative process pioneered a new musical language, which he calls "Naga Folk Blues" Hawkers selling fresh vegetables; small second hand shops; bakeries and more dot the street leading to Nagaram locality in Imphal. Once inside, it’s easy to locate the […]
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The NE Stories   -   February 17, 2021
Every morning in a quiet colony called Salem in Lunglei, Isaac Isaak Chhakchhuak, gets ready for a long day that sometimes begins at dawn and ends at 9 pm. The 20-plus is doubling up as a manager, administrator for a restaurant that his mother began in Lunglei, one of the eight districts of Mizoram. From […]
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Chongrosiem Hauzel   -   February 8, 2021
In a country that is deeply prejudiced towards the gentlemen's game of cricket, Northeast India remains ever-under the spell of football. Children playing friendly matches atop hills, trekking miles to retrieve footballs that fall out-of-bounds -- these are memories that are engraved in the minds of many from the region. After the 1996-1997 season of […]
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Pushpa Nair   -   December 9, 2020
Nothing gives Jongam Basar greater joy than a happy client. When she decided to launch her designer label right in the middle of the Covid19 pandemic, Jongam wasn’t thinking sales. She only knew two things – the young people of Arunachal Pradesh were ready to give a fashion designer from among them a chance and […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   December 2, 2020
Meghachandra Kongbam’s eyes sparkle when he describes his first visit to a local movie theatre. He was ten years old and his father and aunt wanted to reward him for sitting the Grade 5 Board examination. He remembers walking with them in eager anticipation through Imphal’s Paona market to watch the Sunil Dutt-Nutan starrer Milan […]
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Hoihnu Hauzel   -   November 4, 2020
Eshu Funi defines Sonam Dubal’s way of seeing. That all-encompassing Japanese-Buddhist belief that a living being and its environment are non-dual, though seemingly distinct, informs all of Sonam’s repertoire of work - how he designs his clothes, the way he looks at the weaver and the woven and the threads that link him to the […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   October 16, 2020
In the courtyard of a house in a village in Manipur, there sits a young woman, indulgently watching a group of children running riot in their world of make-believe. It is chaotic, loud, almost disorderly. Soon the woman’s voice rings clear across the room as she calls the house to order. The children gather around […]
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