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What brings you peace?’ is today’s daily prompt. what a prompt! it coincides as i try to post some thoughts on this blog that i had not paid attention to in years; and also, as i try to jot some thoughts on my own journey to find this illusive peace. Read more
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This article was first published on Imphal Free Press on 8th March, 2020 – It was written on the occasion of women’s day to remind ourselves that women’s day is not just about a happy celebration but as much about remembering the struggles that women across the globe have struggled to reach what we now Read more
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a cup of tea and boiled purple yam – a warm filling meal to start the last day of 2017! Read more
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Heinoujom (or heinajom) was one of the forbidden fruits during my childhood days. It came with warnings of caution to be avoided for your own benefit; to be consumed only within limits. To be expected, the caution attracted my curiosity as much as the fancy irregular shape of the fruit. The caution was that it Read more
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Another fruit from the northeast region of India, to be specific the state of Manipur, is the humble passion fruit. My first encounter was during my childhood growing in the front yard of an uncle’s home at Mao in the hilly terrains of Manipur. I did not catch the name in their language but my Read more
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Season of chorphon (Ceylon olives) Read more
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Wishing everyone a happy new beginning and a Happy Cheiraoba! And to those who have already observed it on the first of Sajibu, a belated Happy Cheiraoba! but why do the Meiteis celebrate it twice in one given year? Read more
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Inga Nostalgia: In love with the rainy month of Inga The buds of spring are inspiring as a promise of a fresh beginning; but what is a promise if it remains just that? Monsoon is the time when the plants are thick with foliages. And my hometown is a place where it rains and it Read more
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This was actually the first I ever laid eyes on the legendary kabow beri – one of the several items that flow into Manipur through the ‘Moreh market’. yes, many may have heard of the Chinese market elsewhere, Tibetan market in Delhi (and elsewhere) but in Manipur, the ‘Moreh market’ is pretty much a brand Read more
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Optimistic: The Daily Post prompts us to think about optimism or being optimistic This brought me to the final year of my fieldwork in Manipur. Not too far from the rainiest place in the world, the rains pre-dominate the summer season: pre-monsoon, monsoon, post-monsoon. Agriculture here is heavily dependent on monsoon showers. Timely rain means a Read more
INGALLEI: scribbling thoughts from elsewhere 