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By Ninglun Hanghal  — August 5, 2020
By Chongrosiem Hauzel  — December 13, 2018
By  Peter Wallang — April 6, 2016
By The NE Stories — March 15, 2014
By Ninglun Hanghal — February 3, 2014

Category: Trends

Ninglun Hanghal   -   August 5, 2020
What happens when a fashion designer becomes the first certified PPE manufacturer in a state like Manipur that’s quietly fighting Covid? The virus, sadly, brought to the state by many returnees from metro cities, has infected over 3000 people. That’s the story of Richana Khumanthem who started a brand “Khumanthem”, in 2014. Back then, her […]
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Chongrosiem Hauzel   -   December 13, 2018
Angels we have heard on high, singing sweetly o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply echo back their joyous strain… The angels sang and rejoiced many thousand years ago celebrating a divine birth. Aeons later the beautiful tradition of singing, making music in joyful praise and thankfulness has continued. Indeed, no matter what our […]
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Peter Wallang   -   April 6, 2016
There’s something very integral about bamboo in the context of North East India; its metaphoric expression and symbolism highlighted in the numerous local stories and tales among the diverse communities of the region. Considered very important in the day-to-day routine of several of the tribes in the North East, bamboo, unsurprisingly, is holy, the reminder […]
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The NE Stories   -   March 15, 2014
Are you waiting to get away from the heat and dust of the plains this summer and wish to be rejuvenated like never before? If you wish to be pampered and treated like – well - a queen, then how about heading to the land of the Seven Sisters for some unusual and exotic spa […]
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Ninglun Hanghal   -   February 3, 2014
There was a time when they used to croon popular English numbers. Bands from the Northeast were adept at composing songs in English, singing hits of Bob Dylan (there’s even a festival dedicated to him in the region), but crooning Hindi numbers from Bollywood hits? Not quite. It started happening only recently (barring, of course, […]
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Charu Singh   -   January 23, 2014
The narrow, neglected streets of Imphal lined with bamboo groves and shanty houses are home to a faceless floating population of underground militants popularly known as UG’s. This is a known and much commented upon fact about Imphal, what is less known but equally true is the rich cultural life of the city despite its […]
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