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Smriti Kumar Sinha Translated by Ramlal Sinha Clad in a talaphuti[1], you look like a zebra.” “What!?” Kalpana questioned Amol, while unhooking her earrings in front of the dressing table. “An African zebra, a jazzy talaphuti-clad Kalpana,” said Amol in his lilting voice of recitation. Wham! Right on the target! Kalpana sat on the bed in a huff. She felt terribly jaded hearing only poems for three hours at a stretch in the soirée organised by the Tirash group of poets in the town. As though to cap it all, the simile he used left her nerves jangling. She couldn’t even change her dresses to breathe freely again, there’s yet another poem. “It’s the plight in store for the wives of poets. What a simile he has chosen! African zebra! It’s the height of degradation,” a sulking Kalpana was thinking. Her blood was boiling . “What has made your blood boil?” Amol fired another salvo. “Psychoanalysis of any sort isn’t warranted,” Kalpana shot back, banged the door and entered t...

By RK Rishikesh Sinha It is pathetic that we all have been consuming in the name of ‘history’, the ‘traditional history’ i.e., the ‘history seen from above’ which is concerned almost exclusively with the political, social, and religious elites, and the history of the major communities. Our mind is full of this ‘history seen from above’ stuff, and it is empty with ‘history seen from below’ i.e., the history of common people; a history which is concerned with the activities and thoughts of those people and regions and even communities that were neglected by the so-called official historians. The book Let History And Facts Speak About Manipuris , authored by Bhim Sen Singha and published by Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Sabha Parishad in 1984, is one such book which throws light in this direction i.e., from the perspective of Bishnupriya Manipuri community to its identity crisis. The 50-page portrait size book gives an interesting read to the history of Bishnupriya Manipuri up to...

Courtesy: The Sentinel By Champalal Sinha In the world of present Bishnupriya Manipuri literature, the man who first makes his imprint on our minds and reflects his image in our eyes, and the name that comes first while discussing the literature of the community is poet Brojendra Kumar Sinha. His fault-finders will, however, have a different view. His is a life totally devoted to poetry, and this is his first identity. It’s poet Brojendra Kumar Sinha who first introduced structural aspect, subject matter, mode of expression, appeal, soul (core), rhetoric and the like in a conscious way in Bishnupriya Manipuri literature in order to put it on a par with developed literatures in the world. And he has been successful in his relentless efforts towards that end. His poems have been translated and published in English, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Kokborok, Manipuri, Urdu and other languages, and received with applause. Talking straight, he is the architect of modern Bishnupriya Manipuri poe...

History of Bishnupriya Manipuri Community’s Legal Struggle for Long 12 Years This book contains the following salient features:- The Editor’s Note contains briefly about the Bishnupriya Manipuris, the formation of the NIKHIL BISHNUPRIUA MANIPURI MAHASABHA, the Socio-Cultural apex body of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community, who fought the legal Battle from the beginning to the end, their struggle for introducing the Bishnupriya Manipuri language in the primary stage of education, their efforts for conducting the case before the Hon’ble Courts. The book contains the following Judgments of the Hon’ble Courts: i) The judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. ii) The Gauhati High Court. iii) The Assam Backward Classes Commission. INDEX OF THE BOOK 1) Full Judgment & Order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 2) Interim Order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 25-08-2000 & Cause List. 3) Paper book submitted by the Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Mahasabha: i) Copies of affidavits dt 1...

Koto Khourange mor jiban tor ningsinge, aji jauriga mi bahe bahe; Tore peitou na pahurtou, oya asu mi jungolor phulgo. Kuno cheya nadehouri, na kuno chara shabdo, hudda hunouri mi ching ching ching ching; koto asha korechilu ere dine, har tou pare bulia mone korouri ere aajikar dukhi dine. Koidin aage dehesilu mi hoponor porigore, kurigo oya Aaji koto asha karesu asha thungoitoi bhulia; Mi tar bonomalir phulgo maloya, Kintu nadehouri kuno milleng. Aji mor goje porer boronor phuta top-to-peya Aaji morang nei kuno chati saloya; Chinta korouri, tor juligot homeitu kishade oya, Aji mi jungole asu akhulago chatoya. Hopon dehouri, kundin aaitou mi torang gothanlo paloya, Kintu dorte nei morang akhulago asu bhulia. Kripa chauri Bhagvanorang aathan bareya, Karmo kartou ere dukhipar din jinging bulia; Akdinte soinei bhujtoi gathanlo sara jagathan loya, Tore peitou mi mor ahigo jipeya. Please subscribe to the blog: receive email. Get Free alert on your mobile! Click here . Subscribe: Bishnupriy...

By Henryy Sinha, New Delhi Paralysis. It is becoming astonishingly difficult for me to fix the gaze of my mind on words, in the middle of this wide sea of words that seem to be swimming in frenzy, in a haze, in a glimpse right in the middle of my brain. To baptize the imagination of a human brain, that has the capacity to think something as radical as ‘ Hakhan Leichondonor Selpakhan ’- is a difficult task. While witnessing a ballet of two marvelous relationships of a mother and a sister in one magnificent human soul through all these years might have killed the vision in me to peep through the incredible thoughts that soar so high with impossible melody, flying like white doves in a trance, flying, merging with the sky and landing in a world beyond, that’s so beautifully Bishnupriya Manipuri in its essence. Pristine. Divine. Beautiful.  Mrs. Padmaja Sinha - the womb of these thoughts. I take this opportunity to introduce this magnificent poet, lyricist,writer and creative artist. May I...

Moments of Life In the journey of life, There comes some moments, Touches deep, the soul and the heart, Then becomes a sweet moment of life… When the sun is clear and bright, And in the midst, Blows in a pleasant wind with pride, Then becomes a sweet moment of life… When the moon is sparkling bright, And in the midst, Comes in a naughty cloud lying aside, Then becomes a sweet moment of life… When hand in hand walking together, Thru pleasant and thru cloudy weather, Someone to part with whom, Perhaps costs a sigh, a tear, Then becomes a sweet moment of life… Sweet Moments! Yet I know, Someday you and I must part… But when or how or where we met, I owe to me a secret yet... Sweet Moments! We have been long together, Tis hard to part as you are dear, I reiterate to you here.. Do we meet to part or part to meet? Sweet Moments! Say never Good Night to me... But in some brighter clime, Bid me always a Good Morning!! By Raghabendra Sinha Please subsc...

In a glittering function held in Kolkata on October 16, 2008, and which was attended by renowned personalities from literature, art and culture, government and films space, Biswananda Sinha released his second Bengali novel ' Tomai Amai Milon Hole '. His first novel was ' Pratishruti ', published in 1992. Son of Mani Kanta Sinha, Biswananda Sinha hails from Bhakatpur, Cachar, Assam. A GSM Engineer by profession, he holds a top level portfolio in Bhatri Airtel Ltd. Kolkata. The function organised at Press Club, Kolkata got underway with the inaugural speech by Prof. Subodh Sarkar, eminent poet and novelist. Other dignitaries in the presence of which the novel 'Tomai Amai Milon Hole' was released included Srikanto Acharjjyo, singer, writer and composer; Krishna Kumar Mukherjee, film personality; Partho Bannerjee, Publisher and Nitin Ganguly, Director of Art and Culture, Government of West Bengal. Mrs. S Ganguly, Adviser to Chief Minister, West Bengal and P Ghose,...

The story begins from "In a small village" . The story is all about a boy called Alok, his childhood days spent in a village. Explore the world of Alok. Read... By Jyotirmoy Sinha, New Delhi Alok's aim in life at the age of eight was to learn English. So, he prepared himself and passed the 4th standard with flying colours. But God had something else in store for him. The headmaster of his school convinced his parents to keep him in the same class for one more year as he was only eight years old and to be in class V a student has to be nine years old and also as Alok was a good student the headmaster wanted him to attempt for the scholarship exam. But Alok was not aware of all this. One day when he was digging a drain with his elder brother for playing purpose, a friend of him came running and told him that his parents would not allow him to go to class V. Hearing this anomalous news, he was numb, he hurriedly put out his right hand from the drain and was about to climb up...

“ The 3 mistakes of my life ” is the recent novel by the famous-among-youngsters writer Chetan Bhagat. The novel is his third book after “Five Point to Someone” and “One Night @ Call Centre”. It’s my life’s first novel that I have read recently. I found the book very interesting and completed it in just two days. Read… Sonika Rajkumari, New Delhi Now I could boast that I have done something great! I have read the latest novel by Chetan Bhagat “The 3 mistakes of my life”. My parents would definitely feel good that their daughter has done something worth. As you all know students sitting at home after the finishing exams get lots of advice from others especially from their parents. “Beta, don’t just waste your time by watching TV, what knowledge will you gain? or else watch news channels. Read grammar, newspapers, and GK books or novel these would help you.” But my passion was watching that idiot box, listening to music which I still like and sometimes writing. I don’t really enjoy readi...

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Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Litertature, paintings, art, sculpture, and dance are some of the parameters on which a culture of a community is based. Moreover, it comes as an interface of a community to showcase its richness and depthness. The Stigma of Womanhood written by Mansi Sinha is one more literature that is being added recently in the literature gamut of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community. The book is based on reality which is purely a fictional work. The author remarkably intertwines various facets or say elements that is associated to our society. The setting is a small town in Assam, linked with the capital city. From the point of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community as a whole, the book portrays the plight of widowhood being practised in the community. It is a very common practise that after the death of the husband the wife has to shave their heads just to become jocular showpieces of widowhood. About the Author She completed her schooling and graduation from Assam and the...