Talk Show by Monica Ingudam (2012- till now)

A Talk show by Monica Ingudam presenting voices from different parts of the globe with the vision to promote and spread Inspiring, Educative, Empowering and Entertaining stories in the violence-torn landscape of Manipur.

Episode 007 FindingTheVoices : Maisnam Dhaneswari, Cabin Services Director at Qatar Airways sharing details of choice of career as a Cabin Crew.

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007 FindingTheVoices Interview with Maisnam Dhaneswari, Cabin Services Director at Qatar Airways sharing details of her choice of career as a Cabin Crew 

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Enjoy the interview with Maisnam Dhaneswari from Manipur who is working as Cabin Services Director at Qatar Airways, the voted Airline of the Year 2011 connecting to more than 100 plus destinations worldwide. Dhaneswari shares  very interesting details of her choice of career as a Cabin Crew. Thanks you for sharing such details !!

One of the goal for FindingTheVoices is to increase the exposure of different career and job options for young students particularly students in Manipur. I have spoken to many students and the popular career options are to become a Doctor, Engineer or IAS officer. These are great career options, I myself am a Computer Science Engineer, but there are lot of other options.

Out of which Doctor is the most popular amongst the students (and also the parents !!). Students go for extensive tutions and even wait for 2 to 3 years to get into the entrance exam. There are cases where the students become depressed, loose self esteem and stray away on the event of failures on multiple attempts.

Trailer Episode 007 FindingTheVoices : Maisnam Dhaneswari, Director of Cabin Services Director at Qatar Airways sharing details of choice of career as a Cabin Crew.

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Trailer 007 FindingTheVoices Interview with Maisnam Dhaneswari, Cabin Services Director at Qatar Airways sharing details of her choice of career as a Cabin Crew

Preview of the interview with Maisnam Dhaneswari from Manipur who is working as Cabin Services Director at Qatar Airways, the voted Airline of the Year 2011 connecting to more than 100 plus destinations worldwide. And Dhaneswari will be sharing the details of choice of career as a Cabin Crew.

One of the goal for FindingTheVoices is to increase the exposure of different career and job options for young students particularly students in Manipur. I have spoken to many students and the popular career options are to become a Doctor, Engineer or IAS officer. Out of which Doctor is the most popular amongst the students (and also the parents !!). Students go for extensive tutions and even wait for 2 to 3 years to get into the entrance exam. There are cases where the students become depressed, loose self esteem and stray away on the event of failures on multiple attempts.

These are great career options, I myself am a Computer Science Engineer, but there are lot of other options.

Please come back for the full interview releasing on saturday  10th November 2012.

Episode 006 FindingTheVoices Interview with Junichi Kajioka, Leading actor of Manipuri movie My Japanese Niece

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006 FindingTheVoices Interview with Junichi Kajioka, Leading actor of Manipuri movie My Japanese Niece

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Enjoy the interview with Junichi Kajioka, japanese Actor based in London. He has acted in many films, television, commercials, Voice over and even in video games, playing very interesting roles of Japanese Sergeant, Japanese Sniper, newspaper reporter etc. Most recently he acted in the movie 47 Ronin with hollywood movie star Keanu Reeves. And He is going to be the lead actor for the upcoming movie “My Japanese Niece” which is planned to be released in English, Japanese and Manipuri.

Junichi Kajioka shares very interesting work experience and the difference of work culture having worked internationally in Japan, China, London and also for a Hollywood movie. He also shares his aspirations to be a part of Bollywood movies with song and dance sequence. He is preparing and doing a lot of research to play the lead role for “My Japanese Niece” and is looking forward to go to Manipur for the shooting of the movie and plan to see the beautiful place and people of Manipur and try Manipuri food.

We welcome Junichi Kajioka to Manipur and wish him a very happy stay at Manipur and success for his role in “My Japanese Niece”.

Trailer 006 FindingTheVoices : Interview with Junichi Kajioka, Leading actor of Manipuri movie “My Japanese Niece”

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Trailer 006 FindingTheVoices Interview with Junichi Kajioka, Leading actor of Manipuri movie My Japanese Niece

Preview of the interview with Junichi Kajioka, japanese Actor based in London. He has acted in many films, television, commercials, Voice over and even in video games, playing very interesting roles of Japanese Sergeant, Japanese Sniper, newspaper reporter etc. Most recently he acted in the movie 47 Ronin with hollywood movie star Keanu Reeves. And He is going to be the lead actor for the upcoming movie “My Japanese Niece” which is planned to be released in English, Japanese and Manipuri.

Please come back for the full interview releasing on saturday  3rd November 2012.

Episode 005 FindingTheVoices Bijou Thaangjam introducing and promoting Manipuri Food at Master Chef India

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005 FindingTheVoices Bijou Thaangjam introducing and promoting Manipuri Food at Master Chef India

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I am proud to present you the interview with Bijou Thaangjam,sharing his experience participating in Master Chef India and reality TV show Super Santa with bollywood movie star Asin.

He shares amazing details of the grooming phase and trainings he received as part of the show. Being a Foodie myself, It was very interesting to know all the details behind the show. I am very impressed and proud that he used many recipes inspired/customized from traditional Manipuri recipe (Chagempomba, tharoi thongba, Nganum etc.) which took him to top 50. Also he shared many other interesting projects he is working on (T-shirt branding to promote Manipur, Cooking show and food festivals all over India, Pressure-point therapist, Acting/Modelling projects).

I am so touched to hear his journey, such a strong young man coming up all the way from being a victim of bullying, going through doing all possible odd jobs with strong aspirations to finally become a public figure/Celebrity and motivate young people and guide them. Such a admirable thought and aim. Wishing Bijou Good Luck and success in his career.

Trailer Episode 005 FindingTheVoices : Bijou Thaangjam introducing and promoting Manipuri Food at Master Chef India

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Trailer 005 FindingTheVoices Bijou Thaangjam introducing and promoting Manipuri Food at Master Chef India

Preview of the interview with Bijou Thaangjam,sharing his experience participating in Master Chef India. Being a Foodie myself, It was very interesting to know all the details behind the show. I am very impressed and proud that he used many recipes inspired/customized from traditional Manipuri recipe (Nganum, Chagempomba, tharoi thongba etc.) which took him to top 50. Also he shared many other interesting projects he is working on.

Please come back for the full interview releasing on saturday  27th October 2012.

Episode 004 FindingTheVoices Interview with Michelle Salam, Queen of cakes, founder of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation

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004 FindingTheVoices Interview with Michelle Salam, Queen of cakes, founder of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation

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Enjoy the interview with Michelle Salam, Queen of cakes, founder of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation tempting you with her wonderful delicious home-baked cakes for any occasions. For those who knows about Michelle’s cake, you will know about her creations of rich chocolate Black Forest, the bliss of Pineapple cream and the aromatic flavor of Fruitcake. Listen to how she grew her business starting her first cake beating with a fork and baking with a tandoor, self-taught and expanding her business solely on words of mouth from her customers.

It was an honour for me to be interviewing her and sharing her voice with everyone as we grew up together sharing our teenage phase when we were in the same hostel at Sophia’s college, Mumbai.

Hats off to Michelle for her excellent work, putting a lot of effort to provide the cakes and orders for her customers struggling to get ingredients with all the bandh and blockade in Manipur and juggling with her 2 kids.

Thanks to Sumitra Phanjoubam, Associate Professor in Manipur and Sareo Yothingla, Teacher in Manipur for sharing their experience as customer of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation.

Michelle’s Sweet Temptation introduced edible photo imaging of your choice of cartoon characters,loved ones,a logo…just about any image you want on the cake.

Trailer Episode 004 FindingTheVoices : Interview with Michelle Salam, Queen of cakes, founder of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation

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Trailer 004 FindingTheVoices Interview with Michelle Salam, Queen of cakes, founder of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation

Preview of the interview with Michelle Salam, Queen of cakes, founder of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation tempting you with her wonderful delicious home-baked cakes for any occasions.

Hats off to Michelle for her excellent work, putting a lot of effort to provide the cakes and orders for her customers struggling to get ingredients with all the bandh and blockade in Manipur and juggling with her 2 kids.

Thanks to Sumitra Phanjoubam, Associate Professor in Manipur for sharing their experience as customer of Michelle’s Sweet Temptation.

Please come back for the full interview releasing on saturday  20th October 2012

Episode 003 FindingTheVoices : Interview with Mohen Naorem Director/Producer of “My Japanese Niece” from Manipur

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Episode 003 FindingTheVoices Interview with Mohen Naorem Director and Producer of My Japanese Niece from Manipur

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Enjoy the interview with Mohen Naorem, founder of Legend Studio, a global film making company promoting independent filmmakers and talents focusing in making feature films, shorts documentaries and animation particulary focusing on making historical movies related to manipur and issues of Manipur for the global audience. He is currently working as a Director/Producer of a very interesting movie “My Japanese Niece”.

Listen to hear about his journey and preparation in making of “My Japanese Niece “, details about bonding & friendship between Japanese and Manipuri people. This movie is particularly interesting for me (and I am sure for many others in Manipur) as I have grown up hearing stories about Japanese during the war from my Father.

He also talks about why he is behind making the documentary “The Uprising”, movie “School Karusi” and  other upcoming interesting historical movies of Manipur in the pipeline. Kudos to Mohen Naorem in taking these initiatives taking up projects based and related to history of Manipur. This will create a message and a great resource for everyone. Also he makes a very interesting observation that films are the only way to reach the youth of Manipur.