It was sometime in 2007 in Delhi , Ashley Tellis, a friend, called me up and asked me to sing a few songs at a protest event at Swami Vivekananda Statue, Arts Faculty, Delhi University. The event was organised bya human rights group and they were demanding the immediate release of Dr.Binayak Sen who had been arrested by the Chattisgarh Police without giving any reason. I was broke as usual but i managed to take an autorickshaw to the protest venue. All the performers at the event were performing in hindi, they were singing songs of Safdar Hasmi and many other protest songs. I carried a few printed copies of my own poems that i had written for Dantewada after reading an editorial column of Hindustan Times. I should call it a collage of images of Dantewada rather than poetry because I had translated the imagery directly from the newspaper.
Imphal Talkies N' The Howlers sing for Dr Kishan...
Ozzyjane Laishram (Source: E-pao.net)
Triggering off protest against the current social and political turmoil in Manipur, Imphal Talkies N' The Howlers dedicate a song titled Ballad of Kishan to late Dr Thingnam Kishan and his staff members, brutally murdered by cadres of NSCN(IM).
"We dedicate our work to Dr. Th. Kishan and it is a wakeup call to the region's slumbering masses and the authorities that constantly neglect the pain of suppressions experienced by the people for decades," says Ronid (Akhu) Chingangbam, lead member of the band Imphal Talkies N' The Howler.
Triggering off protest against the current social and political turmoil in Manipur, Imphal Talkies N' The Howlers dedicate a song titled Ballad of Kishan to late Dr Thingnam Kishan and his staff members, brutally murdered by cadres of NSCN(IM).
"We dedicate our work to Dr. Th. Kishan and it is a wakeup call to the region's slumbering masses and the authorities that constantly neglect the pain of suppressions experienced by the people for decades," says Ronid (Akhu) Chingangbam, lead member of the band Imphal Talkies N' The Howler.
Imphal Talkies speak up loud
by Oinam Doren
Friday, 11 February 2011
Rolling Stone magazine calls them ‘the new voice of Manipur and the new voice of the Northeast’. Imphal Talkies is actually the name of a cinema theatre in front of Kangla fort which used to screen only ‘A’ rated movies, which in a conservative society like Manipur and in a small town like Imphal, was ahead of the times. Deriving their name from the theatre the band members with PhD & MPhil degrees, write lyrics contemporary or ahead of their times and get invitations to perform not only in music concerts but also during public protest. Their first album Tiddim Road was released in 2009 with the support of e-pao.net, a decade old popular news portal of Manipuris around the world. Recently the band released a single titled ‘Eche’ (sister) to commemorate Irom Sharmila’s ten year struggle against AFSPA 58 and it has been widely distributed and shared in the internet. We catch up with Imphal Talkies in the Shallow River studio during the recording session of the song.
Read more at the Northeast Today
Friday, 11 February 2011
Rolling Stone magazine calls them ‘the new voice of Manipur and the new voice of the Northeast’. Imphal Talkies is actually the name of a cinema theatre in front of Kangla fort which used to screen only ‘A’ rated movies, which in a conservative society like Manipur and in a small town like Imphal, was ahead of the times. Deriving their name from the theatre the band members with PhD & MPhil degrees, write lyrics contemporary or ahead of their times and get invitations to perform not only in music concerts but also during public protest. Their first album Tiddim Road was released in 2009 with the support of e-pao.net, a decade old popular news portal of Manipuris around the world. Recently the band released a single titled ‘Eche’ (sister) to commemorate Irom Sharmila’s ten year struggle against AFSPA 58 and it has been widely distributed and shared in the internet. We catch up with Imphal Talkies in the Shallow River studio during the recording session of the song.
Read more at the Northeast Today
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