Podcast 5 from the forthcoming audiobook CHURACHAND MAHARAJGI IMUNG, the memoir essays by M.K. Binodini Devi. “My Good-Natured Elder Brother, Crown Prince Bodhchandra” is an affecting and fond recollection of the younger days of the man who would become Maharaja Bodhchandra of Manipur. Narrated by Chongtham Kamala Devi.
A new podcast series of MK Binodini Devi's 2008 book of memoir essays Churachand Maharajgi Imung (The Maharaja's Household) was begun on YouTube. Read by Chongtham Kamala Devi, the podcasts will be released as an audiobook.
L. Somi Roy, Founder and Managing Trustee of Imasi Foundation, and Carolin Yanglem, còmpere, from the launch of KHONGJOM PARBA AMADI ISEISING BINODINIGI
Podcast Producer: Lenin Kshetrimayum, Audiovisual by Yoihenba Ch.
09th May, 2026. All Rights Reserved. Imasi: The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation.
Watch the video...Podcast Event with performances of MK Binodini Devi's Khongjom Parba , her epic ballad of the Anglo Manipuri War of 1891 by Toijam Aruna Chanu, Rabindra Sangeet on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary and Patriotic Songs by MK Binodini Devi, performed by Roop Raag. With special appearances by Aribam Syam Sharma, Chongtham Kamala Devi, L. Somi Roy, N. Tiken Singh, and compèred by Carolin Yanglem.
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With RESURGENT THEATRE of Lamlai presenting their stage adaptation and presentation of “KAORABARA RAS SANNABAGI AHINGDO”, a radio play written by MK BINODINI DEVI
This podcast is a production of Imasi Digital production by Imasi: The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation in association with Resurgent Theatre, Lamlai.
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26 Stories, 4 Narrators
A veteran of radio and an eminent singer
An acclaimed actress of stage and screen
A star of the Manipuri radio play
Screen actress, recent winner State Best Actress Award
THE IMASI FOUNDATION ARCHIVE is held at Imasi Foundation at Yaiskul Police Lane. It consists of the works of MK Binodini Devi; the Jalakeli Project; The Listener festival of oral literature; and digital files related to the culture of Manipur. The digital archive is held at the University of North Texas in Denton TX and at the Modern Endangered Archives Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
With a keynote address from Vice Chancellor W. Chandbabu Singh of Dhanamanjuri University of Imphal.
The vision of DHANAMANJURI UNIVERSITY, the mission of IMASI FOUNDATION, the archival work of CoRSAL, the ESSAYS OF MK BINODINI DEVI, the DIGITAL LIBRARY of today, COPYRIGHT PROTECTION of the works of MK Binodini Devi, and the METADATA of archival work...
... all made for a deeply engaging first day of conversations, presentations and discussions around digital archiving and the literary legacy of MK Binodini Devi.
We were fortunate to have an insightful group of speakers and discussants from the US and Manipur who brought diverse perspectives, experiences and ideas to the workshop.
A heartfelt thank you to all our speakers, discussants, facilitators and participants for making the first day such a success. And this is only the beginning.
Day 2 awaits where we move from conversations and concepts to hands-on archival work.
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The US-Manipur Digital Archiving Workshop wrapped with a Metadata Session led by Sydney Weber of Indiana University, and 4 additional group leaders Shobhana Chelliah, JB Lowe, Mary Burke, and Cora Burton.
It was attended by 25 online registrant participants as well as special invitees from Manipur and abroad.
The hands-on session on metadata brought together learning, discussion and practical engagement around the processes that help digitally preserve literary and cultural materials for the future.
Over these two days, our participants explored digital archiving not simply as a technical exercise, but as a way of caring for our literary heritage, documenting, describing and making our cultural materials more accessible to future generations.
A heartfelt thank you to all our presenters, discussants, organisers and participants for making these two days of learning and exchange so meaningful. Your questions, participation and enthusiasm made the workshop what it was.
Imasi Foundation looks forward to exploring many exciting ideas and collaborations with Dhanamanjuri University, CoRSAL, University of North Texas, MEAP at University of California, Los Angeles, and with students, researchers and faculty in Manipur and across the world.
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Falguni Rajkumar, cousin of MK Binodini Devi pays a visit to the Digital Library of the University of North Texas in Denton, TX @unt_denton where Associate Dean Mark Phillips showed him the MK BINODINI DEVI COLLECTION of digitized manuscripts and papers.
A bi-lingual digital publication with full, free, universal access from UNT Digital Libraries in Denton,Texas, with CoRSAL and Imasi Foundation, using MK Binodini Devi's Manipuri play “Asangba Nongjabi”.
A landmark for the study of Manipuri literature and Tibeto-Burman linguistics.
Prof. Nathan Hill, Trinity College Dublin
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