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Hello Bishnupriya Manipuri breathen in India, USA, Bangladesh, .......and living in any part of the world. We are silently stepping into the new year. On this eve, I pray, may God brings to you all happiness and all your wishes get fulfilled.

It was getting dark. So, the game was stopped and every one was served with hot and spicy allur baja on banana leaf. I got astonished when I tasted the dish. It was so different in taste from the one that is prepared at home. By Ranita Sinha, Kolkata Here comes the month of December and January, which reminds me of an incident I experienced during one of my visits to my parental village. To visit a village during the winter season, I suppose to be an ideal time. Because of this time harvesting is complete and all the houses are filled with paddy, grains, potatoes etc, more or less for the whole year. Moreover, looking at the faces of the people it gives an impression as if a mysterious contentment is crossing their faces. There is no sign of poverty. The surrounding seems full of life and activity. During one of my visits to the village in the winter season, one day, my cousins told me that they would show me something, which, I had never seen before. They asked me to get ready to

Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, September 12: Tension continues to grip Borobekra area of Jiribam sub division bordering Assam after people belonging to Bengali and Muslim communities allegedly bashed up three Bishnupriyas publicly in the presence of Army personnel on September 7. Denouncing the assault, the minority Meiteis and Bishnupriyas had been imposing indefinite general strike at the area inhabited by about 3000 people and brining to a screeching halt normal activities. PRO of Assam Rifles, Colonel Rajesh Mishra when contacted dismissed the allegations as totally baseless and concocted saying “it was an attempt to malign the image and reputation of the Army. “Giving his side of the story, Mishra said that the three men were manhandled by a mob of about 2000 drawn from different communities, other than the one to which they belong. “The three then ran towards the Army post at Sotobekra, where they were given shelter and later dropped at their respective places. “If it was not

In the radar of those location where Bishnupriya Manipuri people are residing, the country Myanmar does not show? Reason? Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi In the post Statistics of Bishnupriya Manipuri , we have literally come to know the hidden skeleton about this blog. The data collated shows many facts about the Bishnupriya Manipuri community as a whole. In India, if Delhi secured the highest number of hits, the blog received lesser hits from Silchar, Tripura, and Guwahati where there is a big sizeable population of Bishnupriya Manipuri. Furthermore, the blog got second highest hits from United States, if one goes deep into the statistics, though not made public, one could see the cities and the places in US, Bangladesh and Australia where our Bishnupriya Manipuri people are placed. It shows almost in every important corner of the world we have got our people located. From the arithmetics of numbers, many inferences can be drawn. And among the inferences something that came shocking, full

A Quick look of all the posts published in this blog. You have read, here again with one click you can read, comment and share the post of your choice. 1. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/09/sri-sri-bhubaneshwar-thakur.html [Ranita Sinha] 2. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/10/bishnupriya-manipuri-photos.html 3. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/11/learn-bishnupriya-manipuri-language.html [Rishikesh Sinha] 4. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/12/short-history-of-bishnupriya-manipuri.html [Rini Sinha] 5. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/12/tanu-babu-sinha-bishnupriya-manipuri.html [Ranita Sinha] 6. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/12/three-bishnupriaya-manipuri-souls.html [Rishikesh Sinha] 7. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/12/statistics-of-bishnupriya-manipuri.html [Rishikesh Sinha] 8. http://bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com/2007/12/importance-of-bein

Undoubtedly, the accurate period of the emergence or the development of religious consciousness of the Bishnupriya Manipuri is difficult to ascertain, but it is an old one that is undoubted, writes Rini Sinha , Guwahati . Religious beliefs are found virtually in every human society. Religious beliefs usually relates to the existence and worship of a deity or deities and divine involvement in the universe and human life. Religious knowledge according to religious practitioners may be gained from religious leaders, sacred texts or personal revelation. The development of religion has taken many forms in various cultural communities. The accurate period of emergence or development of religious consciousness of the Bishnupriya Manipuries is difficult to ascertain, but it is an old one that is undoubted. However, on the basis of the views of different scholars, pre-historic and historical remain whatsoever is available and from the logic of personal observations, we may put forward some view

Sri Tanu Babu Sinha, besides being the disciple of Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Sadhu Thakur, he was an educator, a social reformer, a philanthropist; and above all this he was a man of vision, writes Ranita Sinha. Sri Tanu Babu Sinha, the renowned disciple of Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Sadhu Thakur , was born on the 3rd day of Poush 1285 (Bengali Calendar Year). He was born in Kanaibazar village of Karimganj subdivision under Sri Hatta district- before the partition of Bengal in a Bishnupriya Manipuri family. From his childhood, Sri Tanu Sinha was a meritorious student. He studied at a renowned government English Medium School at Sri Hatta Town. He passed the entrance examination under Calcutta University, attaining 1st position in the state of Assam and 3rd position in Calcutta University. Later, he took admission in graduation with English and Sanskrit as the main subjects in the Presidency College. He passed out with English honors in the year 1902 securing the 1st position in the whole univers

How we Bishnupriya Manipuri people meet with an another Bishnupriya Manipuri person, I suppose could not be as interesting and full of suspense than that had taken place few years ago with one of my friends, Dija Moni Sinha. How he met and rescued a daughter and her mother is full of drama, emotions and humanity! Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Dija Moni Sinha, a Bishnupriya Manipuri friend of mine, supposedly one year junior to me, like his father joined Border Security Force at an early age after making many unsuccessful attempts to pass the class 12 exam. He is tall and handsome with stick like straight thinking. Before he joined the force, he was a street smart boy of Shillong, Meghalaya always been found with a gang of friends who were always eager to fight. The street fight has made him an end-no-worry person. The consequences of any action absolutely doesn’t matter to him. If someone ask him why he has chosen to join the armed forces – his answer is simple, away from the complexity o

Friends, today I am happy that at last the bishnupriyamanipuri.blogspot.com in a very short period has added 50 the most enriched articles. Here in this post I am sharing my personalised thought and, perhaps, the statistics that were only known to me. Hereby I am sharing with all of you. In this initiative I must thank Ranita Sinha who has been continually writing brilliantly from the day one to till today. She has been the source of this initiative, without her selfless endeavor the blog wouldn’t have enjoyed the status what it has been getting from the people. You all would suffice from the fact that whatever she has written in this blog were eye-opener posts, throwing light on all possible shades of our community. Who can forget her write-up on Amar Sinha, Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Thakur, Kunjo Sinha and on rag picker, they were marvelous, and brilliant in reading? Besides her, we all have read BN Sinha’s article, giving an altogether taste of Bishnupriya Manipuri community as a whole.

This is one aspect of my personality that I have EARNED earnestly being a Bishnupriya Manipuri by birth. By Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Being a Bishnupriya Manipuri is of earnest importance. That what I have found and I believe you all share the same view – that their lies an innumerable importance of being a Bishnupriya Manipuri, especially in a country like India which is a cauldron of innumerable religions, caste, dialects and languages, same with the physical characteristics of the people. The physical characteristics of the people are as diverse, unique and abundant than compared to people of the whole world combined. We have got people who shares a similar physical characteristics that of Chinese – the northeastern, of West Asian countries – north India and of western countries – the Kashmiris. I have found that I create more confusion than what I am in the minds of the opposite person. The best part of the complexity by default is that it changes with the point of contact. If I

By Rishikesh Sinha , New Delhi Friends, I am taking the status of being the owner of this blog to write on myself, describing a period of my life, which holds a special place for not other than good reason, misconception and remorse. Good reason – something had happened with me which I always aspired for; misconception – there is something whenever it is mentioned, I had to bite the bullet; remorse – yes, I feel remorse in that period. I never wished her, a blunder on my part, but I cant put the clock back to that period which had taken seven years ago while I was in college. It is due to the remorse part I am jotting down my feelings. Since childhood, I had a dream becoming a scientist. Names like Newton, Einstein, Madam Curie, Heisenberg…the list goes on were my idols. I always revered them, dreamt of them. For this to materialise, I must come come up with something new, something innovative. My journey to keep my dream intact, un-corrorod ed from the uncreative, money and status

At this time when the whole world, India in particular, is marching ahead what is the role of petty, disgraceful, insipid and pot-holed "Dola-doli" politics has to play with the future of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community? By BN Sinha Our country India is regarded as the largest democracy in the world, to be precise it is a “Secular Socialist Democratic Republic”. We are witnessing an ocean of change taking place in every sphere of mankind that includes social, economical, environmental etc. We are also making a significant mark on the sectors of IT, ITES, R&D and very recently in the manufacturing sector, we have registered a record growth of 12.3% much above the international growth average. India is definitely on the road to progress and prosperity as the per capita income has also risen phenomenally as it is already been predicted by the experts that India can expect one of the highest pay hike in the world @ 14.1% nearly 10% above local inflation, where as global sa

A photo speaks of 1000 words, and a video speaks of millions of words! Watch out. By Rishikesh Sinha Ashim Singha, a Bishnupriya Manipuri of Bangladesh, has uploaded in the Google's You Tube the event of 165th Maha Ras-Lila held at Bangladesh. For all Bishnupriya Manipuri people living all across the world, the uploaded-videos shows the magnitude at which the event was organised and celebrated. Moreover, the videos shows our own people in different world, in different environ, in different country and in different shades. The uploaded - videos truly works as a bridge between Bishnupriya Manipuri people scattered all over the world. Click here . In this video one will see the football of Bishnupriya Manipuri who have come out with full dress rehearsal wearing our cultural dress. The environ is oozing out with activities. Click here . In this video, one will see bunch of boys and girls performing Rakhual dance in an electrifying environment. Click here . In this video there is "