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.
Ethnic relations in India have historically been complex. It refers to attitudes and behaviours toward peoples of other ethnicities or races. 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. It was established on 9 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.
Irom Chanu Sharmila,also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" is an Indian civil rights activist,political activist,and poet from the Indian state of Manipur,which is located on the north-eastern side of India. In November 2000,she began a hunger strike for abolishing the Armed Forces Act,1958. After 16 years,she ended her fast in 2016,after being nasally force-fed for over 500 weeks in custody. Therefore,she has been viewed as the world's longest hunger striker. Amnesty International has declared her as a prisoner of conscience.
The Banaras Hindu University Students' Union generally abbreviated as BHU Students' Union or BHUSU,was the students' union of Banaras Hindu University. The Students' Union had been responsible for representing students,both within the University and externally for all academic,non-academic and student welfare purposes.
Tonthoingambi Leishangthem,popularly known as Tonthoi,is an Indian actress. She has established a career in Manipuri films and is the recipient of several awards,including a National Film Award.
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 and M.A. Singh's Langlen Thadoi to Oken Amakcham's Lammei and Haobam Paban Kumar's Loktak Lairembee and many others,Manipuri cinema,which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022,has grown in both its form and culture.
Imagi Ningthem is a 1981 Manipuri 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 one of the most prominent writers of Manipur. She was notable for bridging the two worlds of ancient royalty and modern art. Born as a princess into a palace life which she lovingly recalled in a series of her late essays,she made her name in the wider world as a novelist and a writer of short stories,essays,plays and award-winning screenplays,lyrics and ballet scripts. She received the Padma Shri in 1976. Her 1976 historical novel Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979. The book's English translation,ThePrincess and the Political Agent, was published in 2020 as a Penguin Modern Classic by Penguin Random House India..
Nongphadok Lakpa Atithi is a 2019 Manipuri film directed by Aribam Syam Sharma and produced by Deepak Sarmah. It stars Ningthoujam Rina and Lairenjam Olen in the lead roles. The film was premiered at the 3rd Guwahati International Film Festival 2019 as the Opening Film of the Indian section. It is based on Lamabam Viramani's short story Atithi. It was written as a radio play by M. K. Binodini Devi under the title Nongphadok Lakpada. The adapted screenplay of the film was done by Aribam Syam Sharma. It won four awards at the 13th Manipur State Film Festival 2020.
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..
The Fraternity Movement is a student-youth party in India working for strengthening democracy,social justice and fraternity. It is a growing student organization in many regions of India especially in West Bengal,Kerala and Delhi. It serves as the students wing of the Welfare Party of India. The slogan of the movement is "Democracy,Social Justice and Fraternity".
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 contested the 2024 Indian General Election as a CPI(M) candidate from Serampore but gathered only 16.20% votes and lost her security deposit.
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 Manipuri 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 culture of Meitei civilization evolved over thousands of years,beginning in Ancient Kangleipak,continuing most notably into Medieval Kangleipak,while influencing the neighboring states and kingdoms,till present times.
