014 It’s all in the mind : Bringing Jasmine home

Bringing Jasmine home

It’s time to say good bye,
We have gone through crazy phase,
Sitting in front of Moroccon restaurant,
Late night chattering in the quite neighborhood of Bethesda,
Cracking lobster near a beach.

It’s time to say good bye,
We have seen each other’s high,
Sharing moments of happiness,
As life brought additions in our life,
Making us smile and giving a new dimension of life.

It’s time to say good bye,
We have seen each other’s low,
Sharing moments of helplessness,
Sharing moments of silence,
As loss, pain and hospitals give a new meaning in our life.

It’s time to say good bye,
Holding on to a parting gift,
Bringing home Jasmine,
As the strings makes the most beautiful sound,
Telling us we will meet again.

 

~The End~

An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.

Glimpse of Manipur, Picture of the Day Nov 2013 Contest for beautiful places in Manipur

Picture of the Day contest, to capture glimpse of Manipur, This post covers all the entries for category of beautiful places in Manipur. We invite everyone to cast your vote and choose the picture of your choice and pass along your comments or caption for the picture.

We have received and overwhelming surprised response on the beauty captured on previous pictures published. To promote pictures of Manipur, We initiated this contest of “Picture of the Day” in the following 3 Categories: – Flowers in Manipur – People in Traditional Dresses of Manipur – Beautiful places in Manipur

Prizes: For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected by Manipur Photography Club and FindingTheVoices. The winner of the best picture will receive a T-Shirt of Manipur Photography Club as a small gesture to encourage the beautiful clicks.

For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected based on viewers popularity (Likes & Comments on …FindingTheVoices Page). The winner will get 2 movie tickets “Amamba Sayon” Resurrection for ’15th Dec’ @ MFDC, Imphal.

FindingTheVoices will choose pictures for FindingTheVoices’s Greeting cards (with agreement with Photographer) based on popularity, Guest invitee’s comments and there will be surprise prize for these selected pictures.

Who is going to win these 3 T-Shirts of Manipur Photography Club ? Who is going to win these 6 tickets for the movie “Amamba Sayon” ? Will your picture be selected for Greeting cards of FindingTheVoices ?

Glimpse of Manipur, Picture of the Day Nov 2013 Contest for beautiful flowers in Manipur

Picture of the Day contest, to capture glimpse of Manipur, This post covers all the entries for category of beautiful flowers in Manipur. We invite everyone to cast your vote and choose the picture of your choice and pass along your comments or caption for the picture.

We have received and overwhelming surprised response on the beauty captured on previous pictures published. To promote pictures of Manipur, We initiated this contest of “Picture of the Day” in the following 3 Categories:
– Flowers in Manipur
– People in Traditional Dresses of Manipur
– Beautiful places in Manipur

Prizes:
For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected by Manipur Photography Club and FindingTheVoices. The winner of the best picture will receive a T-Shirt of Manipur Photography Club as a small gesture to encourage the beautiful clicks.

For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected based on viewers popularity (Likes & Comments on …FindingTheVoices Page). The winner will get 2 movie tickets “Amamba Sayon” Resurrection for ’15th Dec’ @ MFDC, Imphal.

FindingTheVoices will choose pictures for FindingTheVoices’s Greeting cards (with agreement with Photographer) based on popularity, Guest invitee’s comments and there will be surprise prize for these selected pictures.

Who is going to win these 3 T-Shirts of Manipur Photography Club ? Who is going to win these 6 tickets for the movie “Amamba Sayon” ? Will your picture be selected for Greeting cards of FindingTheVoices ?

Glimpse of Manipur, Picture of the Day Nov 2013 Contest for beautiful people of Manipur

Picture of the Day contest, to capture glimpse of Manipur, This post covers all the entries for category of beautiful people of Manipur. We invite everyone to cast your vote and choose the picture of your choice and pass along your comments or caption for the picture.

We have received and overwhelming surprised response on the beauty captured on previous pictures published. To promote pictures of Manipur, We initiated this contest of “Picture of the Day” in the following 3 Categories: – Flowers in Manipur – People in Traditional Dresses of Manipur – Beautiful places in Manipur

Prizes: For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected by Manipur Photography Club and FindingTheVoices. The winner of the best picture will receive a T-Shirt of Manipur Photography Club as a small gesture to encourage the beautiful clicks.

For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected based on viewers popularity (Likes & Comments on …FindingTheVoices Page). The winner will get 2 movie tickets “Amamba Sayon” Resurrection for ’15th Dec’ @ MFDC, Imphal.

FindingTheVoices will choose pictures for FindingTheVoices’s Greeting cards (with agreement with Photographer) based on popularity, Guest invitee’s comments and there will be surprise prize for these selected pictures.

Who is going to win these 3 T-Shirts of Manipur Photography Club ? Who is going to win these 6 tickets for the movie “Amamba Sayon” ? Will your picture be selected for Greeting cards of FindingTheVoices ?

Episode 052 FindingTheVoices Soma Laishram actress from Manipur sharing about the making of “Tapthakho”

Enjoy the podcast from Soma Laishram, actress from Manipur sharing about the making of  “Tapthakho”. Listen to her sharing interesting behind the scene details.

Episode 052 FindingTheVoices Soma Laishram actress from Manipur sharing about the making of Tapthakho

013 It’s all in the mind : Ruby The Dog

Ruby The Dog

Such an adorable little dog,
With soft black and white fur,
And expressive beautiful eyes,
Winning everyone’s heart,
The minute she walked in our home.

She guarded the house,
Welcoming family and friends with her wagging tail,
And barking notoriously warning us of strangers,
She practically grew up with us,
Witnessing every milestones of our life.

She gets older, bony and almost blind,
And one fine day she went for a walk never to return back,
Words spread that Ruby was hit by a truck,
But no trace of her and no body found,
And we never got a chance to say goodbye.

It’s a small community,
Where you always know who is doing what,
But no one will say anything about Ruby’s truck accident,
Time went by,
Searches continues without any success.

Mr. Mei fully drunk walks by our and his “Leirak” (road leading to home),
Swaying and barely able to walk,
As though he had the last ounce of guilt left in drunken body,
He confessed that he ate one and only “Matum” (piece)of Ruby,
As the others are gobbled up by the other drunks.

~The End~

An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.

Episode 051 FindingTheVoices Laimayum Suraj Kumar Sharma upcoming young actor from Manipur featured for Tapthakho

Enjoy the podcast from Laimayum Suraj Kumar Sharma upcoming young actor, 23 years old from Manipur featured for “Tapthakho” . Suraj started with video musicals or Albums and is continuing to act in Manipuri movies. He actually was featured in 11 video musicals prior to the video musical “Tapthakho”. Listen to his experience sharing the behind the scene for this beautiful video musical.

Episode 051 FindingTheVoices Laimayum Suraj Kumar Sharma upcoming young actor from Manipur featured for Tapthakho

012 It’s all in the mind : The Three 100 Rs.

The Three 100 Rs.

It was rainy season,
I had only a single pair of shoes,
Wearing the shoes out,
Walking through the winding road with slope,
The road filled with beautiful orange gul mohor petals fallen down,
To and fro from hostel to bus stop to college,
In a beautiful place call Banashankari.

One day it gave up beyond repair,
Opening once again like an alligator,
Speaking as fast as I could,
I told my mother I needed to get a new shoes,
There was silence in the other end,
And I had to keep the phone down as the LED display was nearing Rs.10.

Her silence meant a lot,
She must be thinking how she is going to send extra money,
When the funds are low,
When there are very few people to turn to borrow money,
When they openly comment of how tight their money is,
For they see her and think she will ask for money.

As though God read her mind,
She chanced upon this old man that day,
Who was enquiring about my studies,
The old man who has always been kind to us,
Giving his treasured crisp notes of three 100 Rs.
After learning about my shoes.

He left this world and I miss him,
But he stayed in my heart,
He was not related to me,
But bounded very closely by his love and humanity,
And I search for him in every old person I meet now,
Giving me a special bond with aging people.

 

~The End~

An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.

011 It’s all in the mind : Breakfast with Mrs. B.

Breakfast with Mrs. B.

She is beautiful,
She is 84,
She has dementia,
Living life in her terms,
With crisp memories of her younger days.

She stays alone by choice,
With her daughter living close by, taking care of her,
Making sure her food is in the fridge,
Making sure the house is cleaned,
Making sure she has clean clothes.

But she can’t stand her daughter,
The daughter who manages her needs, visiting her everyday,
Meeting ends with her job and family, raising her own three little kids,
With no time to comb her hair,
But always wearing a smile on her face.

She adores her sons,
She enjoys their call,
As they spoke words of love and not a nagging reminder, for her medication, food or doctor’s appointment,
She waits for their visit,
And they visit once in a while coming in fancy cars, Taking her out in fancy restaurants.

Her daughter hired me to have breakfast with her mother,
Every morning, I introduced myself,
Using the same line,
I used yesterday,
She dressed well wearing a bright pink lipstick.

She spoke in rich English, with no room for using slang,
Taking me back to her sophisticated life, Taking me to places she traveled,
Showing me a world I have never seen,
As we eat breakfast together.

~The End~

An Experimental attempt to put thoughts in writing by Monica Ingudam.