Chakliba Thammoise Eigini, Magi Natte (Part II)
“CHAKLIBA THAMMOISE EIGINI MAGI NATTE” – Part II
Dr. Moirangthem Jiban Singh
Asengbagidi “Saroja (Bibi), eina punsigi ahanba oina nungsi fongdok-khiba chanura-ni”. Maga-eiga thengnakhidaba chahi 12-gi...
Poem – He! Singarei? (Manipuri)
He! Singarei............?
Kanasu khanghanda,Ahingdata Fugaina Satpadi,Minok-Meisa Kibanara?Nongalamdaida Ningaidana Kenkhibadi,Miwa Chirol Taningdabanara?Thengnakhiba Mikupto nang ga,Thenglaba Thabalgi Ahongdo,Leisaktuna Nang-gi Inglaba,Leinamduna Nang-gi Menglaba,Fajinbikhi Thamoise Leinarakta.Kaongamloi Nangbu Punsigi.Leisaktuna Nang-gi...
Hougatlo Thengle!
Hougatlo Thengle!
Nongpok maikei ngankhare.Nongchup maikei ninkhare. Awang maikei saktakle. Makha maikei noklakle.
Hougatlo thengle ereibakchasa!Punshina panthung youdringei.
Thawaina meekon naringei.
Pangalna sarep faringei.
Thangatlo thangol, pukhatlo potlum.
Hougatlo thengle ereibakchasa!
Sagatlo manglangi...
Chakliba Thammoise Eigini, Magi Natte (Part I)
“CHAKLIBA THAMMOISE EIGINI MAGI NATTE” - Part I
Dr. Moirangthem Jiban Singh
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Pallike (BBMP) na Bangalore-gi mafam khudingmakta Cauvery-gi eeshing youhanba ngamdri. Cauvery-gi...
Poem – Adubu Eidi Wai
Adubu Eidi Wai
Laishram Sachirani Devi
Angouba leichingi marumdagi
Sangbannaraboa nongmadonda pairiba
Karigumba nahakna noklaklabadi
Eingonda lonna yengduna
Maphamduda ei lakkani .
Amukna nakna
Aduga amukna arappadagi
Nahakna eibu kourakkani
Eibu ingao ngaohangani .
Aduga ...
Spring
Spring
A poem by Bijayata Akham
They say,
Once the gale blew ,
The fragrance of the flowers
Pervading ,
When the king arrived .
Blandly He was
visiting homes and hovels
to...
“HALAKKHIDRABA CHEKLA MACHA” (Manipuri Poem)
“HALAKKHIDRABA CHEKLA MACHA”
By: Dr. Moirangthem Jiban Singh
Chekla mama-na hai chatkhidanaba,
Eigi pikliba chekla,
Nahak mafamse thadokkhinu,
Yamna lapna paikhinu.
Mafamduda nangbu thoujanbiroi,
Mafamsigi hanglana atiyagum,
Mafamsigi senglaba malangbagum,
Mafamsigi ninghannadraba chingjaogum
Keidoungeidasu...
Distant Melody
Distant Melody
A song the wind brought
In the winter evening
From the distance ,
through the paddy fields
Brown with stubbles
Where the cattle grazing ,
Calves sucking mothers’ milk...
Elixir of Drik India
Elixir of Drik India
By Joshy Joseph
Those are the days
bygone for lingering
gone but not gone.
while you come
in the going of gone things
memory excavates .
Party at...
I DREAM OF SHEILA: HOPE SPRINGS
I DREAM OF SHEILA: HOPE SPRINGS
(Script Writer: PurnaChandra Sharma)
<Screen lights up>
<Phone rings>
Me: <Caller ID: PR><deep sigh>Yes?
<Split screen>
PR<Preet Ramani>: WASSHUPP! PC, bro?
Me: <exasperated> Mitt, no...
In the arms of little sister
By RK Lakhi Kant
The little girl called her brother who,
barely begun to walk, is at play;
"Come son, come. We'll go back home now," -
placing...
Dear Teacher
Even stars vanished
when shines does the sun,
So does the moon gets smaller
or ... bigger,
But this never ending, enormous universe
got no ends
And so does my...
LAKKHINI EIGISU YELHINGTHA
LAKKHINI EIGISU YELHINGTHA
Paikhro Painingba Maikeida,
Nongmadon Khetna Leichillakta,
Naningtamna Hangla Malanglakta,
Sakhap Toina Atiyapakna.
Chajaru Umanggi Uhei,
Thakcharu Loknunggi Laija,
Tongjaru Ufeida Ningaidana,
Khongjaru Nakhou Pongna.
Eigi Yelhing Hundraba Punsise,
Lepli Ngasisu Saraba...
Devoid
By RK Lakhi Kant
No zest, only a cheap stage
tear jerkers pass off as
folk and classical tradition
social conditions, how to nullify
the impact of new wave
westernisation...