Of this and that
By Chitra Ahanthem
It's been an eventful time for sure in Imphal: events across the town! Along with the Chinjak festival that was held at...
Food festival: of gastronomic delights and fusing food
By: Chitra Ahanthem
In recent years, one has been seeing an annual feature of a food festival (also called Chinzak festival) adding staunch supporters and...
An AR Security Experience and a Beauty Contest
By Chitra Ahanthem
There’s been a long gap with FOOTNOTES: one week saw me headed to Moreh for a documentation of how children in the...
The Yaoshang factor
By: Chitra Ahanthem
As another Yaoshang (holi) rolled off the calendar, one thing keeps coming back to mind: has the festival changed or is it...
RTE: winds of change or a passing breeze?
By: Chitra Ahanthem
The topic of education in Manipur has various layers of complexities considering the way all educational institutions gets affected by the cycle...
Where is Imphal?
Chitra Ahanthem.
What would you do if two people with cameras slung around their necks walk up to you and try and coax you to...
Let children be themselves
Chitra Ahanthem.
This week threw a major surprise in the form of a newspaper advertisement in a daily Manipuri newspaper. It was an announcement for...
A toast to honesty!
Chitra Ahanthem
Our days are mainly filled with news about violence, scams, protests and most things negative about Manipur and it is safe to say...
Stand in queue please!
Chitra Ahanthem
A familiar routine of life in Manipur and more so specifically true of Imphal is the sight of long winding queues: for petrol,...
Flight stories
by Chitra Ahanthem
One major change that one sees in the past decade is the advent of low cost or budget airlines. Though flight tickets...
Musings on a decade
Chitra Ahanthem
The beginning of a “New Year” inevitably brings a stream of “best wishes for the year ahead” which happens every year. It is...
Sangai Tourism festival: in perspective
By Chitra Ahanthem
Going by the fact that the recently held Sangai Tourism festival was being passed around as the “biggest and grandest” festival, it...
Media stories
Today, the media in Manipur in context of print and cable TV is in an interesting yet stagnant phase. Gone are the days when...
Dance: Movements and Therapy
by Chitra Ahanthem
Most people say that those born in Manipur have an innate sense of dance. Often, elders “teach” or rather, introduce small babies...