Whether we choose to make a note or not, the Himalayan mountains, its foothills, the Brahmaputra floodplains in the Northeast and the people that inhabit it are all subjects of the ever-evolving contemporary world. If there is someone making a note of contemporary Northeast India, it is a young Manipuri artist, Thokchom Sony. A shift…
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Stories Told at Sunrise: Agh-ü Gwanyule’s Life in Tseminyu
“Tell me the stories of these mountains Which my heart is yet to know So that my flight be for the stars While my heart remains grounded to my roots.” The alarm rang at 4:30AM. Outside the window, the sun was emerged from behind the hillocks and threw golden rays on the deep valleys. I…
