Wednesday 22nd of July 2026

Category: People

By  Shonali Yadav — October 30, 2015
By Hoihnu Hauzel  — February 20, 2015
By  Meenakshi Kumar — February 18, 2015
By Ninglun Hanghal — August 27, 2014
By Meenakshi Kumar — July 10, 2014
By Abhilasha Ojha — June 11, 2014
By  Ninglun Hanghal — May 26, 2014
By Meenakshi Kumar — May 5, 2014
By Meenakshi Kumar — April 23, 2014
By Hoihnu Hauzel — March 19, 2014
By Hoihnu Hauzel — March 9, 2014
By Ninglun Hanghal — March 7, 2014
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Category: People

Shonali Yadav   -   October 30, 2015
Comprising the seven sister states of Arunanchal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and an eighth himalayan state of Sikkim, the North East of India is a region of stupendous natural beauty and unique culture and traditions. These farthest reaches of the country are home to some of Asia's last remaining rainforests, a staggering […]
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Hoihnu Hauzel   -   February 20, 2015
If the offshoot of American Idol is Indian Idol, then the offshoot of both these popular reality shows is an unlikely combination called Zomi Idol India. Deep inside Manipur, in Lamka, a small town in Churachandpur (one of the nine districts of the state), where once guitar-strumming youth walked the street after sunset and life […]
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Meenakshi Kumar   -   February 18, 2015
Sushan James Basnet, a Gospel musician from Nagaland, became the first Indian to win the prestigious International Music and Entertainment Association (IMEA) Award 2014 for his ‘Brand New Day’. The win was a surprise not just for Basnet but for the crowd at the ceremony who knew little about Gospel music from India, and hardly […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   August 27, 2014
For more than a decade, Glady Vaiphei, a native of Manipur, has been dressing up brides on their special day. Delhi-based Vaiphei has been designing gowns and dresses that brides can cherish for rest of their life. It all started with her designing her own wedding dress way back in 1999 and that convinced her […]
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Meenakshi Kumar   -   July 10, 2014
As a young kid Sange Dorje Thongdok could never have imagined that he would one day acquaint the world with his tiny remote village in the northeastern most part of India. With Crossing Bridges, his debut film shot in Shergaon in Arunachal Pradesh and made in the local dialect Sherdukpen, Thongdok has, literally, crossed bridges. […]
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Abhilasha Ojha   -   June 11, 2014
Even though his film on football, De Dana Dan, flopped at the box office some years ago, actor John Abraham, a self confessed fan of the game, is all set to have big plans for his Guwahati franchise club for the upcoming Indian Super League, which is owned and operated by John in partnership with […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   May 26, 2014
Junichi Kajioka, a London-based Japanese actor, launches his directorial venture with Imphal 1944, a film on the significant Battle of Imphal and Kohima which changed the fate of World War II. Kajioka has earlier acted in films such as 47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves, and The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale. He will play […]
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Meenakshi Kumar   -   May 5, 2014
When did the Tetseo Sisters come together to form a band? What was the idea behind forming this group? We have been performing as children for a long time now starting in the early 1990s. Eventually we were recognized as a group who sings folk songs and since then our journey has continued. We never […]
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Meenakshi Kumar   -   April 23, 2014
Growing up in the quiet and laidback Dimapur, the largest city of Nagaland, Rebecca Changkija may never have dreamt of rubbing shoulders with the dream merchants of the Mumbai film industry. But for the free-spirited and fiercely independent daughter of an army officer, nothing was too difficult to achieve. So after training in fashion designing, […]
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Hoihnu Hauzel   -   March 19, 2014
For somebody brought up in the heat and dust of North Indian plains, a voluntary shift to the Northeastern part of the country can be quite daunting. But not so for Hemant Singh Katoch, a Delhi boy, who shifted to Manipur’s capital Imphal two years ago. What prompted him was the discovery of the Battle […]
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Hoihnu Hauzel   -   March 9, 2014
On the face of it, the suitable plot of land that Kishan Tibrewalla acquired from his ancestors was nothing short of a legacy. But it is what he did with that plot of land that eventually shaped the history of what would be known as Hotel Polo Towers, a formidable name in hospitality in the […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   March 7, 2014
For Yana Ngoba, a young fashion designer from Arunachal Pradesh, nothing could have been more satisfying than showing her creations in her home state to an appreciative audience. As models walked down the ramp in her multi-ethnic designs at a recent show in Itanagar, Ngoba’s hard work and persistence was rewarded. Her label, YIS, is […]
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