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Bus Conductor to Award-Winning Filmmaker: Meet an Extraordinary Manipuri...
It was back in 2014 when Amarjit Maibam (Amar), a former bus conductor, began documenting the lives of the truck drivers who drive through the perilous National Highways 2 and 37, bringing essential...
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Manipuri Startup Makes Unique Bamboo Tiffin Boxes That Last For 3 Years!
Ever since he was little, V Ginkhanpau has found true joy in the lap of nature. Venturing into the deep forests of Manipur, in search of bamboo shoots, wild fruits, and berries, comprise some of his...
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Manipur Woman Masters Rare Skill of Extracting Lotus Fibre to Weave Unique...
Bijiyashanti Tongbram (27), lives in a small village named Thanga Tongbram located in the Bishnupur district of Manipur. A few kilometres from her home is Loktak lake, which is the largest freshwater...
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Earning Rs 8 Crore, Manipur Man’s Unique Tea Frees Farmers From Drugs,...
Ragesh Keisham, a 44-year-old Imphal-based entrepreneur, sells a unique product – that converts illegal drug fields into delicious and nutritious lemongrass tea! Alright, it is a more complicated...
View ArticleMeet Manipur’s First Woman Auto Driver, Whose Grit Inspired an Award-Winning...
Many have the option of choosing a career after dedicating a good amount of thought and planning. But Laibi Oinam, who is Manipur’s first woman auto driver, did not have the same luxury. Laibi (40) was...
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Why This Soldier Still Serves Manipur Village 27 Years After He Saved Lives...
In the wee hours of 25 January 1994, Captain DPK Pillay, an Adjutant to the 8th Guards battalion of the Indian Army, was leading a patrol into Longdi Pabram, a very remote village in the...
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Uniting Clashing Tribes With Sports, Manipur NGO Improves Attendance of 500 Kids
Last March, while the rest of the country was in lockdown, two villages inhabited by the Kuki and Thankgkul Naga tribes, respectively, in Kamjong district, Manipur, were suffering an ordeal of another...
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At 58, Manipur Artist Makes 100-YO Doll Making Tradition His Own, Boosts His...
Konsam Ibomcha Singh of Imphal East, Manipur, was born to National Awardee parents. His father, Konsam Tona Singh, had won the award in the Dolls and Toys category and mother, Konsam Ongbi Gambhini...
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Grandma’s Hands Inspires Manipur Woman to Build Traditional Skincare Brand
Tuingam Louzhi recalls watching her grandmother pound perilla seeds on a block of wood mortar till it turned into paste. Out of that paste, her grandmother would squeeze out a few drops of oil, which...
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With Pickles & Pineapples, Manipur Woman Uplifts 70 Others; Earns Crores in...
In January 2004, Hanjabam Shubhra Devi started Meira Foods, a small packaged foods venture, from her kitchen in Bamon Leikai, Imphal East. (Shubhra Devi on the left. Meira Foods makes pickles, candies,...
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