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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page No. 2
Peeping through my yesteryears!

regular tasks before I proceeded for time at home. The deficiency was looser had to read under the
mitigated by borrowing from
trembling light of the wick or glass
school. Collecting green grass and
Bracing for the worst hays for cattle was also a part of my neighbours amicably. bottle oil lamp. One of us had to
daily routine.
Something similar happened to
forsake or wind up one’s study a
I enjoyed fishing after coming my mom that day. She got puzzled little early due to the insufficient
In the growing list of casualties of Covid-19 among the frontline back from school. Fishes were thinking of how she appeases her light.
health workers in the state, a doctor posted at District Hospital, abundant and found where there son-in-law who came after a long We recited sounding high
Senapati has reportedly been tested positive yesterday for the was a pool of water. Hardly there gap. She discovered a couple of syllable to syllable so that it goes
raging contagion that has brought the world to a standstill. As a
precautionary measure, contact tracing of both primary and was someone who bought fishes; items were short in the kitchen. As to the ears of our parents. Else, an
inquiry came from the other side,
I was in school, fetching those
otherwise, it was exchanged in kinds,
secondary contacts are actively taken up by the Rapid Response such as rice, grain, or vegetables. items immediately from the shop whether we were playing with the
Team, Senapati as well as all primary contacts – both the hospital
I recall, at the time of harvesting,
staff on duty and patients who attended Medicine OPD on the By - Rabin Prasad Kalita all the farmers of the village came was not possible for her. wick or chit-chatting each other. One
can find the same up roaring tone
While she was immersed in
20th and 21st of July are directed to report to the office of the forward and joined their collective thought, some girls came through reverberated all over the hamlet
District Surveillance Officer Senapati for mmediate testing and the Our eventful life from dawn to hands while sowing and harvesting the backdoor to assist my mom. even if their parents were illiterate.
secondary contacts are advice to follow strict home Quarantine to dusk might have separated us from crops for each one of the Thus the paucity was overcome in Most of the villagers slept before
contain the possible spread of Covid-19. While the unfortunate clutching relationships with others. inhabitants as per the turn. a snap. This was the true 8 o’clock. Some families were
report is but another number in the continuously increasing total, Life becomes too tough and chaotic Mostly our turn came in the relationship we all had with our compelled to embrace their beds
the confusion over the possibility of community transmission in running after achieving one’s own middle of the first half of all the neighbours. If a guest from far- even in the early evening. Owing
the state has been heightened with the media reports indicating a goal. The very own “our” has
more than likely possibility while the state authority and experts already been transformed into the farmers in the village. We were flung came all of a sudden at one’s to the lack of kerosene to ignite the
home, the news was broadcast in a
exuberant by seeing them singing
braided fiber of the wick to keep
have so far denied or rather refrained from confirming the same. selfish “I”, which has relatively and cutting jokes with each other minute around the village. their homes bright at night, they
According to state officials, the spread of COVID-19 is divided made our pretty solidarity into
Erstwhile, the guest remained no
into stages of no case, sporadic cases, clustering of cases and dotted and dwarf. with the rhythm of reaping crops. more a stranger for the rest of the were forced to go for bed a little
early.
The reapers were refreshed with the
community transmission, the release said, “There is evidence of What a wonderful my tiny village varieties of rice made redolent villagers. The villagers didn’t Herein my urban locality, the
local clustering of cases at Jiribam police station. There is no was! I become so pensive, eatables like Pan Cake, banana leaf hesitate to borrow anything from person who resides to my next door
community transmission.” Meanwhile Manipur Chief Minister N. remembering those sweet childhood role; kettle lid rice cake, etc. so that the nearby home if fell short of doesn’t know me or even I don’t
Biren Singh on Wednesday announced 7 days total lockdown in days left behind. One cannot weigh
the entire state starting Thursday afternoon which may be extended the amount of cohesiveness they don’t feel hungry. When something. Even they were try to connect him. Though I stay
at a snoring distance from one
available at the host home for
reaping was over, they brought all
upto 14 days. The lockdown will come into force from 2 PM. Briefing amongst villagers. harvested crops in the same spirit physical help until the reception another but yet, it seems far-off from
the media, the Chief Minister said that the decision was taken by The complete village looked and stacked them like a hill in our was over. Exchanging cooked physical contact. Nobody wants to
the state cabinet in an emergency meeting held on Thursday enchanting when there was a home. appetizing dishes during the lunch know what’s happening across the
evening in view of the rising cases of COVID-19 particularly cases celebration. Let that be a mere At the end of the day, a wonderful or dinner were common amongst boundary wall of one’s neighbor.
without travel history. What should the general public make of the function or marriage ceremony, palatable dinner was arranged for neighbours. It was like one home But the untold truth is this; our
two confusingly contrasting statements? Are we to feel reassured everyone came and extended their all of them. I was busy engaging all but cooked in different places. entire perceptivity has been limited
because the State Health Department official declared that there is helping hands voluntarily and took
When Naamprasanga used to be
no community transmission in Manipur, or take precautions and care of each department willfully other friends of my age of the village in someone’s house, then things to the individual concern.
pocket to help us host. All were
The legacy of our once unified
observe heightened procedures which will obviously hamper our from the beginning to the end of the helping each other and had the fist were different, we all children would society is forlorn today. The selfish
already restricted lives even further? Notwithstanding the official ritual. They became one on that with rapture to mark the evening into go crazy with happiness. The entire “me” or “I” have taken over the
stand on the prevailing situation, it has become imperative for particular day forgetting their success. We couldn’t express in village became live with ecstasy on charge in place. Unity is a far cry in
everyone to have a clear understanding of what these forms or difference if there was any words how happy we all were. This the heavy sound echoed from this virtual world. In this space-age,
stages of transmissions mean and why they matter. The World misinterpretation earlier. organized harvesting was Nagara, Khol, or Taal (Cymbal) high-tech gadgets are also equally
Health Organisation (WHO) categorises the spread of a pathogen Each one of them shouldered continued until the last one of the made the evening rhapsody. The responsible for pushing us to a
into stages as a way of indicating the level or severity of its one’s assigned responsibility as if
permeation among the population. Stage 1 refers to imported cases the ceremony was their own and farmer’s crop collection was over. devotional psalms orchestrated considerable distance from one to
with those age-old percussions
Such a lucid bond garnished with
one physical reach.
where individuals pick up the virus from travelling to infected made the ceremony into a grand fun and frolic amongst the villagers enticed us to unknown happiness. Texting through social media
countries. Stage 2 is local transmission that occurs when infected success. This selfless collective can never be found anywhere else. High pitched sound of cymbal has become enough for all sorts
persons can trace the persons they were infected by. Community works had made a perfect bonding I saw real strength and unity made all of us thrilled and the of communications, even it is
transmission or stage 3, on the other hand happens when an of brotherhood solidarity amongst amongst them. whole things were converted to a seen in between the family
individual with no travel history or no known contacts with each other. I pray, those innocent Here is an uncomfortable elfin festive evening for the children. members while communicating
confirmed cases thereby making the source of infection hearts would still exist, but alas, story I would like to share. In those We all children were waiting for from one bed to another. My eyes
untraceable. they are long gone!
While there has been promising reports of various agencies My incipient grooming to be days there had been no good the Prasad, the sacred food go moist thinking of those lovely
and pharma companies already carrying out trials of vaccines for perfect in all aspects gave me the communication like today has, offered first to God. childhood days sailed behind.
Where is my once resilient and
because of which we faced a lot of
My elder brother and I mostly
the present pandemic, there is no confirmed cure for the same, and confidence to look after the house tongue-tied situations. studied in broad daylight because most organized society heading
while we can take solace from the assertion of the state health with no fear when grew up. I did One day my brother-in-law of the limited lantern at home to now?
department’s claim of absence of community transmission in cheerfully which was not considered suddenly arrived at our home. study at night. There was only
Manipur, it would be prudent to assume the worst and follow more child labour then. I got up a little Welcoming guests with a cup of one kerosene hand lamp in our (The writer is an Ex-Air Warrior
stringent preventive measures accordingly. It doesn’t hurt to be a early along with other young elders tea with snacks and betel-nut is an entire house for which there was and presently works in Indian
little bit more cautious, especially during this present time when of the family who went for plowing
nothing is for sure and mistakes can happen even with experts. to the paddy field. Handing over the old tradition in our society. Daily a tug of war on every evening Audit and Accounts Department
used items like tea leaves, salt,
Guwahati, Assam, India.. He can
with my brother. The winner got
breakfast to the field workers who sugar, milk, or any such obligatory the opportunity to study smile be reached at E-mail:
Poetry were still plowing was one of my items may not be available all the fully under the lantern and the rabin1966@gmail.com)
Prime Minister calls for Vocal for Local to Manipur
To my goddess of love original Manipuri products and
artefact should be value added,
popularised and provide market
May be meeting you was by chance access. Many of our local handloom
But seeing you was heavenly planned and handicrafts need to be value
added to meet the present time
Meek and shy like a messenger pigeon needs and provide market access.
But fly as high as a wild eagles We must be vocal for our local
products. This is what the Prime
Beyond a thousand miles across Minister interprets for Vocal for
Over the sky you come and go Local for Manipur and I consider
By: Bramhacharimayum the Prime Minister hit the nail on
Like a mystic evening fancy clouds Sadananda Sharma the head.
You disappeared too soon today The Prime Minister expresses his to reclaim it. Notably, in Manipur as clarion call for Vocal for Local. The
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra deep appreciation for the people of the law and order situation is state’s own products of
But when another day comes Modi called upon the people of North-East particularly Manipuris developing in course of time. The Handlooms, Handicrafts, local
You’ll reappeared till then I just hope Manipur to be Vocal for Local, which for their rich cultural heritage and Prime Minister took it as a challenge vegetable are gradually dwindling
is the only incantation for real the potential of tourism which if and opportunities for revival of our cultural activities are also
More memories awaits to be created
identity of the manipuris. While explored can be engine of economic tourism in the state. Indeed Manipur slowly influence by some forces
Remember! Unexplored places seemingly launching a water supply project growth of the state. The Prime food cuisines are not only popular outside the country. In the name of
through video conference on 23 rd Minister is of the opinion that in in the country but also liked by “western sankritana”, our rich
Even more enchanting to explore one day.
July, 2020, the Prime Minister lauded addition to tourism, the bamboo people across the world. The cultural culture which is unique in the world
the people of Manipur for their products and large scale events and exhibits such as Holi is being attempted to ridicule in the
No more tears of sorrows in your eyes consciousness to keep their identity introduction of organic farming can festival including Thabal Chongba, name of Sanskritisation. Meiteilon,
intact. Elaborating the exact been another area for economic Lai Haraoba are quite memorable to the language spoken by the
It’ll be seen and cherished in my heart meaning of Vocal for Local, Shri identity of the people of this region, the people across the world who had majority population (popularly
If you can’t hold back I’ll wipe dry for you Modi referred to how the people of for which the state government and a glimpse of it. The hair-rising known as “Manipuri Lon”) is even
Manipur reacted to when a group the people of the state should be Thang-Ta exhibit is a matter of thrill gradually diluted. In such a
But only if you allowed me. people outside Manipur wanted to vocal. Kashmir which was once to the people across the world. All situation, the Prime Minister’s call
brand it as Modi Gamacha. The described as “Heaven on Earth” for these are good inputs for tourism for Vocal for Local not only in
Prime Minister wearing the manipuri its scenic beauty and for large and people have to inculcate the economic activities but also in other
By: Shongminthang Haokip Leirum Lengyan in the water supply number of domestic and foreign spirit of hospitality (Guest/tourist fields will help in rejuvenation to a
project launching ceremony tourist attraction became the driving are god). new height. Also, it can be a wake-
appreciated the move of the people engine for economy for people of Launching of water supply project up call from Prime Minister Shri
Letters, Feedback and Suggestions to ‘Imphal Times’ to retain the original brand name and Kashmir. However, with the surge of over Rupees Three Thousand Narendra Modi to the people of
can be sent to our e-mail : imphaltimes@gmail.com. For advertisement urged to take similar efforts to of militancy the ever growing Crores is indeed a milestone in the Manipur to consider it as an
kindy contact: - 0385-3590330 (O). For time being readers can reach the protect other Manipuri products. tourism industry has been lost path of development but more opportunity to promote our own
office at Cell Phone No. 9862860745 for any purpose. The Prime Minister said that the today in Kashmir and it will take time important is the Prime Minister’s local traditional products.