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Binodini's Asangba Nongjabi (Manipuri in Meitei Mayek)

Description: This Manipuri Learning Module is a group of interlinked language, linguistics, literature and AV components based on Asangba Nongjabi, a modern Manipuri play by M. K. Binodini Devi. It is designed to be a learning tool for English-speaking, non-Manipuri scholars and students to learn Manipuri, while gaining insight into Manipuri culture and society with a classic of modern Manipuri literature. It is an initiative of Imasi: The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation of Manipur.
Date: unknown
Creator: Binodini, 1922-2011 & Roy, L. Somi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Cinema Across Cultures

Description: Transcript of Samik Bandyopadhyaya's Lecture on Indian Regional Cinema and Binodini at the 1st M. K. Binodini Devi Memorial Lecture in Imphal, Manipur, India.
Date: February 6, 2013
Creator: Bandyopadhyay, Samik
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Crimson Rainclouds

Description: This play is a translation of a play performed by artists of Roop Raag at Rupmahal Theater on February 20, 1966. In Crimson Rainclouds, a Manipuri play from the 1960s, an artist determined to uphold his freedom is torn between his two loves, both only too gentle in their demands, and yet deeply caring. A sensitive man, he chooses art, knowing full well that he lets them down. While Indu would like him to change his lifestyle just a little bit, for recognition and comfort, Keinatombi would be ha… more
Date: 1966
Creator: Binodini, 1922-2011
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Dismantling the Master's House

Description: Transcript of speech on India's Feminist Writing and Binodini giving at the 2nd M. K. Binodini Devi Memorial Lecture in Imphal, Manipur, India on February 6, 2014
Date: February 6, 2014
Creator: Butalia, Urvashi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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House of Narasingh Genealogy Tree

Description: The House of Narasingh Genealogy Tree is a component of The Jalakeli Project, a web-based, women’s oral histories initiative in Manipur, India. As only women of the House of Narasingh are admitted into the two choirs of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala, the House of Narasingh Genealogy Tree is designed to help the Pala members keep track of familial relations in the lineage of the king. It seeks to preserve their oral genealogical information as data.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Jalakeli Project
Partner: UNT College of Information

The Jalakeli Project: Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi Interview on Jalakeli and Organization

Description: Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi talks about the Jalakeli. She is the President of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala. The interview is in Manipuri and in 8 parts: 1) How I came to the Jalakeli 2) My mother Maharaj Kumari Angousana Devi 3) My grandmother Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi: How she started the Choir of the Daughters-in-Law 4) The Songs of the Choir of the Daughters: The Patronage of the Maharajas 5) How I organize the Jalakeli 6) My aunt Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi: Why she n… more
Date: June 25, 2017
Duration: 45 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Devi, Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya
Partner: UNT College of Information

The Jalakeli Project: Women and Education, and the Role of the House of Narasingh

Description: An interview with Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi and Huidrom Anuradha Devi. daughters of Maharaj Kumari Angousana Devi, of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala of Manipur. On getting their education, the establishment of Dhanamanjuri University in Manipur by their grandmother Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi; their education and teachers at Tamphasana Girls High School founded by their aunt Maharaj Kumari Tamphasana Devi; and the founding of Tombisana Boys High School by their second aunt Maharaj… more
Date: 2017
Duration: 20 minutes 01 second
Creator: Rajkumar, Rajeev
Partner: UNT College of Information

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: Mohinisana "The Whistler" Ningthemcha on Family, Marriage and Performance

Description: Mohinisana Ningthemcha Elangbam Ongbi, renowned in her day as "The Whistler" talks about social values and their impact on marriage and performance. On growing up in a traditional elite family, restrictions on socialising, her arranged marriage, rules of exogamy, worship, and interaction with the royal court.
Date: October 3, 2017
Duration: 25 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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