Patronising the Arts

Their importance generally passes unnoticed. But without the various academies of performing arts, some state sponsored and most private efforts, the apex organisation of which is the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, JNMDA, it is anybody’s guess how difficult it would have been to even find nat sankritan singers or pung percussionists, for the many religious functions of the Meiteis. […]

Their importance generally passes unnoticed. But without the various academies of performing arts, some state sponsored and most private efforts, the apex organisation of which is the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, JNMDA, it is anybody’s guess how difficult it would have been to even find nat sankritan singers or pung percussionists, for the many religious functions of the Meiteis. […]

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Developments in Arunachal Pradesh to affect Manipur polls: People’s Party of Arunachal

GUWAHATI: Ousted from power by BJP, a bitter People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) said the political instability in Arunachal Pradesh would have a bearing on the saffron party’s poll prospects in Manipur. The leaders of PPA, which lost 33 of its Arunachal MLAs including chief minister Pema Khandu to BJP on December 31, said the […]

GUWAHATI: Ousted from power by BJP, a bitter People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) said the political instability in Arunachal Pradesh would have a bearing on the saffron party’s poll prospects in Manipur. The leaders of PPA, which lost 33 of its Arunachal MLAs including chief minister Pema Khandu to BJP on December 31, said the […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/01/developments-in-arunachal-pradesh-to-affect-manipur-polls-peoples-party-of-arunachal/