Chilli Festival Observed in Ukhrul, Manipur

By Sobhapati Samom Imphal, Aug 31 : While neighboring Assam is initiating large scale cultivation of the world’s hottest chili, ‘Bhut Jolokia’, demand for which is said to be on the rise in the Arabian and European countries, a small hamlet in Manipur’s Ukhrul district has started to preserve and promote an exclusive chilli variety. In a move to showcase the sensational look and taste of...

Meet Sub-Rs 10,000 3G Mobile Phones

3G services are finally set to revolutionize Indian telecom landscape. With 3G spectrum allocation over, telcos are now gearing up to roll out the services to users. And very soon Indian consumers will be able to do so much more than just voice and text messaging. 3G will allow mobile users to watch TV, play online games, download videos and listen to streaming music straight on their mobile...

Mizoram to Export Incense Sticks

Aizawl, Aug 30 : The Bamboo Development Agency of Mizoram here today struck a deal with India’s largest incense sticks company for marketing the stated-produced square incense sticks. Executive Director of Bamboo Development Agency and Director of State Industries Department Shurbir Singh and Chief Operating Officer of N Ranga Rao & Sons, Mysore, M S Suresh, signed the memorandum of understanding...

Indian Govt Chase to Clear UNESCO Language Haze

New Delhi, Aug 30 : Misgivings over a UNESCO report that has described 191 Indian languages as endangered and five as extinct have prompted the Centre to begin work on a white paper on tribal languages in each state. Sixty-four languages that the latest UNESCO World Atlas of Endangered Languages describes as endangered are spoken in the Northeast and along the India-Nepal border. Thirty-nine...

Manipur Designs For Land of Versace

Manipur Government pushes for designers to showcase indigenous couture on international ramp Models at the fashion show, Living Looms, in Imphal on Friday. Imphal, Aug 30 : Home-grown Manipuri designers are preparing to stitch up a storm in international couture when they travel to Italy and Germany with their designs later this year. The Manipur Handloom Export Development Project, prepared...

Indigenous Delicacies of Nagaland Out Of Reach

A customer tries to negotiate the price of bee larva at the super market in Dimapur. (Morung Photo) Dimapur, Aug 30 : Indigenous delicacies of Nagaland are no more a gourmet treat for most people. Of late, the prices of exotic meat, bee larva, aquatic creatures, domesticated birds etc, have risen beyond the common man’s budget. Most people don’t even want to contemplate buying the tantalizing...

Living And Breathing Manipuri Dance

In conversation with Warda Rihab The dance form Manipuri, is now quite popular among urban Bangladeshis. The dance form is ritually practiced by the Manipuri community in India (Manipur state) and Bangladesh (Sylhet region). Rabindranath Tagore popularised this dance form among urban Bengalis. The form developed its own regulations and nuances. It originated as a religious dance form and the experience...

Kashmir & The 7 States

BJP activists take out a peace rally in Guwahati. By Patricia Mukhim Comparisons are odious but they are the only way in which human beings and institutions can progress. Unless there is something better to compare with, how can we measure our successes or failures? How do we know that we have made some headway in our human endeavour? The seven states of the Northeast which have been tagged...