Asangba Nongjabi

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Asangba Nongjabi (translated title Crimson Rainclouds) is MK Binodini’s magnum opus of her plays. This recording was produced in the 1990s (exact year unknown) by MK Binodini under her own production banner Mellei Leisna. It was recorded in her own home and was sold on audio cassettes. It features the stalwarts of her plays Yengkhom Roma, Kangabam Tomba and Rani. This play was directed by Kangabam Tomba. This is not the complete play as published because it was recorded on audio cassettes 60 minutes long. Binodini and the director, Kangabam Tomba, also made some edits at the end of side … continued below

ꯑꯁꯪꯕ ꯅꯣꯡꯖꯥꯕꯤ, ꯍꯟꯗꯣꯛꯂꯕ ꯇꯥꯏꯇꯜꯗ ꯀ꯭ꯔꯤꯝꯁꯟ ꯔꯦꯟꯀ꯭ꯂꯨꯎꯗ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯒꯤ ꯈꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ ꯊꯣꯏꯗꯣꯛ ꯍꯦꯟꯗꯣꯛ ꯅ ꯐꯖꯕ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯅꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔꯗꯤꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯆꯥꯎꯔꯥꯛꯞ ꯱꯹꯹꯰ꯁ (exact year unknown) ꯗ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯅ ꯃꯁꯥꯒꯤ ꯕꯦꯟꯅꯔ ꯃꯦꯂꯩ ꯂꯩꯁꯅꯥ ꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯥꯗ ꯄꯨꯊꯣꯛꯄꯅꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯃꯁꯥ ꯃꯛꯀꯤ ꯌꯨꯃꯗ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔꯗꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯈꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯣꯗꯤꯑꯣ ꯀꯦꯁꯦꯠ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯌꯣꯟꯈꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤꯗ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯒꯤ ꯊꯖꯅꯤꯡꯉꯥꯏ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯕ ꯌꯦꯡꯈꯣꯝ ꯔꯣꯃꯥ, ꯀꯥꯡꯉꯕꯝ ꯇꯣꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯔꯥꯅꯤ ꯌꯥꯎꯔꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯄꯨꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯐꯣꯡꯈꯤꯕ ꯅꯠꯇꯦ ꯃꯔꯝꯗꯤ ꯃꯤꯅꯠ ꯶꯰ ꯁꯥꯡꯕ ꯑꯣꯗꯤꯑꯣ ꯀꯦꯁꯦꯠ ꯇ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔꯗ ꯇꯧꯈꯤꯕꯅꯤ꯫ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯗꯤꯔꯦꯛꯇꯔ ꯀꯥꯡꯉꯕꯝ ꯇꯣꯝꯕ ꯑꯅꯤꯅ ꯇꯔꯤꯕꯁꯤꯡ ꯅ ꯁꯥꯏꯗ ꯕꯤ ꯗ ꯑꯣꯟꯕꯗ ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏꯅꯕ ꯍꯥꯏꯗꯅ ꯁꯥꯏꯗ ꯑꯦ ꯂꯣꯏꯔꯛꯄꯗ ꯏꯗꯤꯠ ꯇꯩꯈꯤ꯫ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯒꯧꯇꯝ ꯀꯧꯕ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯌꯦꯛꯄ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ … continued below

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Binodini, M.K. Creation Date: Unknown.

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  • Main Title: Asangba Nongjabi
  • Parallel Title: ꯵. ꯑꯁꯪꯕ ꯅꯣꯡꯖꯥꯕꯤ
  • Parallel Title: Crimson Rainclouds
  • Series Title: Imasi Documents

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Asangba Nongjabi (translated title Crimson Rainclouds) is MK Binodini’s magnum opus of her plays. This recording was produced in the 1990s (exact year unknown) by MK Binodini under her own production banner Mellei Leisna. It was recorded in her own home and was sold on audio cassettes. It features the stalwarts of her plays Yengkhom Roma, Kangabam Tomba and Rani. This play was directed by Kangabam Tomba. This is not the complete play as published because it was recorded on audio cassettes 60 minutes long. Binodini and the director, Kangabam Tomba, also made some edits at the end of side A of the cassette so as to enable the listeners to flip the cassette to its side B. The play is about the yearning and the limitless search of an artist, a painter called Gautam. The two women in his life support him in two different ways but he is unable to give them what they long for. It is well known in Binodini’s immediate circle that the character of Gautam is based on Ramkinkar Baij (also, Vaij), her teacher at Kala Bhavan to whom Binodini became a muse and an unattainable love.
Asangba Nongjabi was first written as a radio play called Shilpi, before it was adapted for the stage and renamed Asangba Nongjabi in 1967. The play was once again performed on the Radio as Asanba Nongjabi it is still a popular play that All India Radio broadcast several times a year. It was made into a one-hour television play by Aribam Syam Sharma in 2003. This is part of the Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) Project 7-0178 "Digitizing the Maharani Binodini Archive of Manipur".

ꯑꯁꯪꯕ ꯅꯣꯡꯖꯥꯕꯤ, ꯍꯟꯗꯣꯛꯂꯕ ꯇꯥꯏꯇꯜꯗ ꯀ꯭ꯔꯤꯝꯁꯟ ꯔꯦꯟꯀ꯭ꯂꯨꯎꯗ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯒꯤ ꯈꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ ꯊꯣꯏꯗꯣꯛ ꯍꯦꯟꯗꯣꯛ ꯅ ꯐꯖꯕ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯅꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔꯗꯤꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯆꯥꯎꯔꯥꯛꯞ ꯱꯹꯹꯰ꯁ (exact year unknown) ꯗ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯅ ꯃꯁꯥꯒꯤ ꯕꯦꯟꯅꯔ ꯃꯦꯂꯩ ꯂꯩꯁꯅꯥ ꯒꯤ ꯃꯈꯥꯗ ꯄꯨꯊꯣꯛꯄꯅꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯃꯁꯥ ꯃꯛꯀꯤ ꯌꯨꯃꯗ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔꯗꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯈꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯣꯗꯤꯑꯣ ꯀꯦꯁꯦꯠ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯌꯣꯟꯈꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤꯗ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯒꯤ ꯊꯖꯅꯤꯡꯉꯥꯏ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯕ ꯌꯦꯡꯈꯣꯝ ꯔꯣꯃꯥ, ꯀꯥꯡꯉꯕꯝ ꯇꯣꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯔꯥꯅꯤ ꯌꯥꯎꯔꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯄꯨꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯐꯣꯡꯈꯤꯕ ꯅꯠꯇꯦ ꯃꯔꯝꯗꯤ ꯃꯤꯅꯠ ꯶꯰ ꯁꯥꯡꯕ ꯑꯣꯗꯤꯑꯣ ꯀꯦꯁꯦꯠ ꯇ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔꯗ ꯇꯧꯈꯤꯕꯅꯤ꯫ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯗꯤꯔꯦꯛꯇꯔ ꯀꯥꯡꯉꯕꯝ ꯇꯣꯝꯕ ꯑꯅꯤꯅ ꯇꯔꯤꯕꯁꯤꯡ ꯅ ꯁꯥꯏꯗ ꯕꯤ ꯗ ꯑꯣꯟꯕꯗ ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏꯅꯕ ꯍꯥꯏꯗꯅ ꯁꯥꯏꯗ ꯑꯦ ꯂꯣꯏꯔꯛꯄꯗ ꯏꯗꯤꯠ ꯇꯩꯈꯤ꯫
ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯒꯧꯇꯝ ꯀꯧꯕ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯌꯦꯛꯄ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯂꯥꯡꯇꯛꯅꯕ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯅꯒ ꯃꯄꯥꯟ ꯅꯥꯏꯗ꯭ꯔꯕ ꯑꯥꯔꯠꯇꯤꯁ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯈꯪꯅꯤꯡꯕ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯅꯤ꯫ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯨꯟꯁꯤ ꯗ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ ꯑꯅꯤꯅ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯄꯨ ꯇꯣꯡꯉꯥꯟ ꯇꯣꯡꯉꯥꯟꯕ ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯑꯅꯤꯗ ꯃꯇꯦꯡ ꯄꯥꯡꯏ ꯑꯗꯨꯕꯨ ꯃꯈꯣꯏꯅ ꯄꯥꯝꯂꯤꯕꯗꯨ ꯄꯤꯕ ꯉꯝꯈꯤꯗꯦ꯫ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤ ꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯟꯂꯤꯕ ꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯔꯛꯇꯗꯤ ꯒꯧꯇꯝꯒꯤ ꯁꯛꯇꯝ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯀꯂꯥ ꯚꯕꯟꯗ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯑꯣꯖꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯈꯤꯕ ꯔꯥꯃꯀꯤꯟꯀꯔ ꯕꯥꯏꯖ (ꯚꯥꯏꯖ ꯍꯥꯏꯅꯁꯨ ꯍꯥꯏꯅꯩ) ꯗ ꯌꯨꯝꯐꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯕꯁꯤ ꯈꯪꯅꯩ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯕꯤꯅꯣꯗꯤꯅꯤꯕꯨ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯃ꯭ꯌꯨꯖ ꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯅ ꯂꯩꯔꯝꯃꯤ, ꯐꯪꯂꯔꯣꯏꯗꯕ ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯕ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯂꯧꯈꯤ ꯫
ꯑꯁꯪꯕ ꯅꯣꯡꯖꯥꯕꯤ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯏꯍꯥꯟ ꯍꯥꯟꯅ ꯔꯦꯗꯤꯑꯣ ꯁꯤꯜꯄꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯅ ꯏꯈꯤ, ꯀꯣꯟꯅ ꯱꯹꯶꯷ꯗ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯖ ꯀꯤꯗꯃꯛ ꯑꯁꯪꯕ ꯅꯣꯡꯖꯥꯕꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯅ ꯑꯣꯟꯈꯤ꯫ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯔꯦꯗꯤꯑꯣꯗ ꯑꯃꯨꯛ ꯁꯅꯥꯈꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛ ꯐꯧꯕ ꯑꯣꯜ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ ꯔꯦꯗꯤꯑꯣꯗ ꯆꯍꯤ ꯈꯨꯗꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯇꯠꯇꯅ ꯊꯔꯤ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯇꯦꯂꯤꯚꯤꯖꯟ ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯲꯰꯰꯳ ꯗ ꯑꯔꯤꯕꯝ ꯁ꯭ꯌꯥꯝ ꯁꯔꯃ ꯅ ꯁꯦꯝꯈꯤ꯫

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Binodini, M.K. Asangba Nongjabi, audio recording, Date Unknown; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2645236/: accessed October 6, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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