Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India has 22 officially recognised languages. Sahitya Akademi,India's highest literary body,also has 24 recognised literary languages.
Hmar is a Kuki ethnic group living in Northeast Indian state of Manipur,Mizoram,Assam and western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) in Manipur. They speak Mizo language as their L1 in Mizoram.
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) is an Indian left-wing student organisation that claims to be politically aligned to the ideologies of freedom,democracy and socialism. Currently,V. P. Sanu and Mayukh Biswas are elected as the All India President and General Secretary,respectively.
Ethnic relations in India have historically been complex. India is ethnically diverse,with more than 2,000 different ethnic groups. There is also significant diversity within regions,and almost every state and several districts has its own distinct mixture of ethnicities,traditions,and culture. Throughout the history of India,ethnic relations have been both positive and negative.
Aribam Syam Sharma is an Indian filmmaker and composer from Manipur. He debuted in the first Manipuri film Matamgi Manipur as an actor. In 1974,he directed his first movie Lamja Parshuram. It became the first Manipuri film to run for 100 days in the box office. His 1979 film Olangthagee Wangmadasoo was the first ever and the only Manipuri film to run for 32 weeks. It also broke the local box office records of Sholay.
The National Students' Union of India(NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress). It was established on the 9th of April,1971,founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad to form a national students' organisation. Varun Choudhary is current National President of NSUI.
Alka Lamba is an Indian politician serving for the President of All India Mahila Congress. After serving the Indian National Congress in various capacities for more than 20 years,she quit to join the Aam Aadmi Party on 26 December 2014. In February 2015,Lamba was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Chandni Chowk. She quit AAP in September 2019 citing disrespect for her within the party. On 6 September 2019,she formally returned to the Congress party. She was however disqualified from the Delhi assembly by Delhi speaker for violating the rules for party change over a gesture of strong warning to tainted turncoats.
Ishanou is a 1990 Indian Meitei language film written by M. K. Binodini Devi and directed by Aribam Syam Sharma. The movie stars Anoubam Kiranmala and Kangabam Tomba in the lead roles. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. In 2023,it was recognised as a "World Classic" by the Cannes Film Festival 2023 and it was the only film selected from India for the event for that year. The movie was first aired in Doordarshan and later released in Usha Cinema,Paona Bazar on 6 July 1990.
The Cinema of Manipur is the film industry based in Manipur,India. It includes not only Meitei language movies but all the films made in different languages of the different communities in Manipur. The Manipuri film industry was born when Matamgi Manipur by Debkumar Bose was released on 9 April 1972. From Aribam Syam Sharma's Paokhum Ama,the first colour Manipuri film (1983),M.A Singh's Langlen Thadoi,the first full-length colour Manipuri film (1984),Oken Amakcham's Lammei,the first Manipuri digital film (2002),to Priyakanta Laishram's Oneness (film),the first Manipuri gay-themed film (2023),Manipuri cinema,which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022,has grown in both its form and culture.
Leipaklei is a 2012 Indian Meitei language film directed and produced by Aribam Syam Sharma. It stars Leishangthem Tonthoi in the title role. The story of the film was written by Arambam Samarendra and screenplay by Arambam Ongbi Memchoubi. Leipaklei was screened on the inaugural day of 5th Guwahati Film Festival 2012. It was also screened at the 18th Kolkata International Film Festival and Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) held at Jeonju,South Korea. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri at the 60th National Film Awards.
Meira Paibi is a women's social movement in the Indian state of Manipur. Referred to as the "guardians of civil society",Meira Paibi dates to 1977 in present Kakching district. It derives its name from the flaming torches which the women carry while marching through city streets,often at night. They do so both as a patrol,and in protest,seeking redress against human rights violations committed by paramilitary and armed forces units against the innocent. Contextualized,Meira Paibi was founded at a time when the people of Manipur were fighting for self-determination,political autonomy,and independence.
Imagi Ningthem is a 1981 Indian Meitei language film directed by Aribam Syam Sharma and written by M. K. Binodini Devi. It won the Golden Montgolfiere at the Festival des 3 Continents,Nantes in 1982. The film was also screened at many International Film Festivals,which include Denver International Film Festival,London Film Festival,Locarno International Film Festival,Montreal International Film Festival and International Film Festival of India. It won two awards at the 29th National Film Awards.
Amrish Ranjan Pandey is a youth leader and is currently officiating as the National Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress. He was appointed the National Secretary of IYC in March 2020 and is currently the IYC In-charge for the State of West Bengal and was given the charge in July 2020,as West Bengal Assembly polls are also approaching. He is a practising lawyer in the Delhi-NCR region.
The Banaras Hindu University women's rights protest is a series of events beginning with a Banaras Hindu University student's September 2017 complaint that the university administration treated women unfairly.
Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi was a writer from the Northeastern Indian state of Manipur. She wrote in Meiteilon under the mononym Binodini. She was best known for her 1976 historical novel Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979. Its English translation,ThePrincess and the Political Agent, was published as a Penguin Modern Classic in 2020 by Penguin Random House India.
Thongalen is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism,the indigenous religion of Manipur. He is the Guardian God of the nadir..
Dipsita Dhar is an Indian politician and student activist. She is the All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India. She was the CPI(M) candidate from Bally constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She is contesting the 2024 Indian General Election as a CPI(M) candidate from the Serampore.
Irom Maipak was an Indian cinematographer from Imphal,Manipur. He was the founding president of the All Manipur Cinematographers Association. Maipak had worked for more than three decades in Films and Television industry. He received the prestigious National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography at the 49th National Film Awards.
Yelhou Jagoi is a 1995 non-feature Indian Meitei language documentary film scripted by Rajkumar Achoubasana and directed by Aribam Syam Sharma. It is conceptualized by Kapila Vatsyayan and produced by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA),New Delhi. The film was screened at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2019,Japan.
The ancient legend of Khamba and Thoibi is a classic,as well as one of the epic cycles of incarnations of Meitei mythology and folklore,that is originated from Ancient Moirang kingdom of Ancient Kangleipak . It is referred to as the "National Romantic Legend of Manipur" by Padma Vibhushan awardee Indian scholar Suniti Kumar Chatterjee.
