We have a surprise host for this week, Please welcome Monindro Ingudam, Architect by profession, core board member and adviser for FindingTheVoices. Tamo, Thank you, Thank you for all your support. We love your humorous and unique style of podcasting.
It is indeed an honour for FindingTheVoices to present Episode 12 from 2 special and great personalities.
Episode 012 FindingTheVoices : Khagemba Sanabam, Entrepreneur starting Manipur’s own production of packaged drinking water and oxygen.
We have a special Guest Speaker Khagemba Sanabam, Entrepreneur, who have started Manipur’s own production of packaged drinking water and oxygen. Yes, production in Manipur.
Khagemba shares his journey of his struggles and experiences in starting Reliable Hydrotech and Oxygen Plant in Manipur. I am so proud to see such initiatives which will help people in Manipur and we don’t have to depend to get these items from other states in India. He shares his struggles, challenges in getting finance (Loan only if you have Assets !!! No room for innovation without money !!!), lack of basic infrastructure (Electricity, Roads/Transportation, experienced Human Resources) to support production plant in Manipur. And most importantly the experience in doing business in Manipur where the market is mostly dominated by non manipuri.
Thanks to Khagemba Sanabam for sharing your story. Tamo, I am so proud to hear about the products manufactured by your company right there in Manipur and that We don’t have to import packaged bottled water and oxygen from other states of India. Please support such wonderful initiatives by buying products produced in Manipur.
Marina Spring is the brand name of the packaged drinking water produced by Reliable Hydrotech, a proprietorship firm at Joypur Khunou , Bishnupur District in Manipur.
Oxygen plant has completed installation and awaiting finishing touch for trial run. This plant will fulfill all the requirements for both clinical and industrial oxygen at a very cheap cost. This will really help people in Manipur.
Hosting today’s Show is Monindro Ingudam, Architect by profession, core board member and adviser for FindingTheVoices. Tamo, Thank you, Thank you for all your support. We love your humorous and unique style of podcasting.
It is indeed an honour for FindingTheVoices to present today’s show from 2 special and great personalities.
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As we celebrated Thanksgiving, it reminded me of the time how we use to cook …
Growing up We had used firewood for cooking in a very basic simple kitchen. We still use it now too though we have the choice of cooking using gas (depending on the availability of getting gas in Imphal) …
I remember my mother making cow dung for fuel and we use to help her. My mother fondly remember my sister helping her making cow dung for fuel (Shunthi Saba) with her little fingers as she says. It would be kept out in the sun for drying and we would run to collect and save it in case it starts raining … If we see cowdung on the road, I remember collecting it or running to tell Ema …
I remember seeing Ema with a pipe which is used for blowing the smoke while cooking and at times tears would roll down because of the smokes coming out ….It was a big celebration when our Grandmother gifted us with a hand blower which made it easier to blow the air and make the firewood burn easier. 
Baba would cut the firewood using the axe. I remember him telling in a homourous way that is a way of him doing the work & exercise too.
And finally we did upgrade to cooking with Gas and Ema (my mother) was very very happy, always keeping the Gas stove spick and span ….. But till today we do have our cooking place for cooking with firewood where we enjoy cooking & roasting fish.
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Wishing all the Ningols all over the world a very Happy Ningol Chakouba. ‘Ningol Chakouba‘ is one of the popular festival, where married sisters and daughters are invited for lunch to the parental house. It is a very special day where the family gets to spent the day and have the meal together just like it was before the sisters/daughters got married …
This is my very 1st podcast in Meitei-lon. Please enjoy the interview with Madam Saroj Nalini Ingudam, Retired Senior Grade Lecturer in Manipuri language and Literature from Thambal Marik College, Oinam, popularly known by Students of St. Joseph School and HRD Academy. She shares a very interesting journey of her experience being a teacher in Manipur comparing education system between Govt. School and private/mission School in Manipur. She shares little bit about the history of Ningol Chakouba and the changing trend with modern time. Did you know that initially Ningol Chakouba was Ningol na Chakouba (Invitation was from Sister to Brother) ?
Thanks to Hanubi Hanuba for the music (Lai Haraoba with Dotara) used in this podcast.
Happy Diwali, These are the lights I grew up with as a child, as a student in Manipur. I even had an incident where I dozed off studying with a candle light in bed burning almost half the pillow and mattress …
Times have changed but we still have the need to use these lights even now …
Lighting Candles all around, everywhere in the house, lighting these lamps and then going to Kwakeithel Bazaar to watch the lights were memoirs of Diwali growing up in Imphal. All the shops in Kwakeithel were nicely lighted up with candles. No !! You wouldn’t see any electrical lights, mostly candle lights. We would play with fire crackers, rockets were our favorite.
Times have changed .. people are afraid to step out of the house for fear of bomb blast … fear of whether someone who has gone grocery shopping will come back or not ..not knowing what to predict, a person who is just walking the street falls dead due to these bomb blast !!!
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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”.
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.
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.
Preview of 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”.
Please come back for the full interview releasing on saturday 13th October 2012
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