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Visit Bishnupriya Manipuri unicode websites in your Mobile!
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: October 4, 2009
Now you are able to see Bishnupriya Manipuri unicode text in your mobile. You can view Bishnupriya Manipuri in your mobile like in Facebook or Blogs or Wikipedia.
Theories about the origin of Bishnupriya Manipuri : Points and Counterpoints
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: September 3, 2008
There are different stories about the origin and root of Bishnupriya Manipuri language. Dr K P Sinha sites four theories whereas GK Gosh mentions six different theories on the origin of Bishnupriya Manipuri language. There are other theories too. The diverse theories on the origin of Bishnupriya Manipuri are summarized and discussed.
Bishnupriya Manipuris should write their own history !
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: August 17, 2008
Who will write history of this race? I may answer this question in the spirit of Bankim Chandra Chattapadhyaya that “It is I; It is you”. All of the Bishnupriya Manipuris should write their own history because in its truest sense only the Bishnupriya Manipuris can approach sincerely on the indepth and systematic study in this field…
A People Besieged (Part II)
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: June 25, 2008
…The Bishnupriya Manipuris were caught between a rock and a hard place. Today, young Manipuris are no longer sure of their cultural identity. Elders worry that their rich heritage may not be preserved for posterity… 2nd part of the Article on Bishnupriya Manipuri history, custom and culture based on a visit in a bishnupriya manipuri locality in moulvibazar, bangladesh, written By Syed Zainul Akmal Al-Mahmood, Sylhet, Bangladesh
A People Besieged (Part I)
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: June 7, 2008
…The Bishnupriya Manipuris were caught between a rock and a hard place. Today, young Manipuris are no longer sure of their cultural identity. Elders worry that their rich heritage may not be preserved for posterity… An Article on Bishnupriya Manipuri history, custom and culture based on a visit in a bishnupriya manipuri locality in moulvibazar, bangladesh, written By Syed Zainul Akmal Al-Mahmood, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Baseless information on Textbooks about Manipuris
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: October 24, 2007
I just happen to go through two textbook prepared by National Curriculum and Textbook Board, Bangladesh and what I found was some cheap, immature and distorted information about manipuri people living in Bangladesh.
The textbook ‘Social science’ of class V describes manipuris as little eyed,flat nose and white skinned creatures.They also said Manipur is inside [...]
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- Earning activities of rural manipuris in BangladeshManipuri people are renowned as laborious. Both males and females involve themselves in earning activities. It is very rare to find a Bishnupriya Manipuri or a Manipuri Meitei person who is not economically engaged in an earning activity. Among 378 residents of studied villages 261 was found to be involved in different earning activities. Except for dependen […]
- Manipuri Food HabitsHistorical evidence suggests that there was a change in the diet of the Manipuris, mainly due to introduction of Hinduism at the beginning of eighteen century. The earlier reigns seem to have been one long feast with hecatombs of fat cattle and oceans of spirituous drinks, even culminating on more than one instance in fatalities due to an excessive appreciat […]
- Bishnupriya (Manipuri) Speakers in Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic SurveyThis report presents the findings of a survey conducted in the Bishnupriya Manipuri community of Bangladesh. Data gathered through word lists, sociolinguistic questionnaires, and SRTs are presented and analyzed to determine the current sociolinguistic situation. In brief, it was concluded that the Bishnupriya are highly bilingual in Bangla, the national lang […]
- Manipuri Ras Festival 2008 Bangladesh : photos and videosManipuri Maha Ras festival 2008 organized by the Bishnupriya Manipuri community in Bangladesh. The first item was Rakhual or Gushthalila, the dance drama between Sri Krishna and his Gopal friends. For an excellent photo gallery of daytime programs and events of, please visit Ihtisham Kabirs Blog...Place: Madhabpur Juramandav, Kamalganj, Moulvibazar.Time: 10: […]
- আমার মানু কাপ আহান কাইলে সেচুরেয়া বেঙ আহান লামতারাআমার বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী গজেদে কাহানি পাহুরিয়া লামানির সিংনাত আসি। এবাকার দশাহান ফালদিয়া কাপ আহান কাইলে সেচুরেয়া বেঙ আহান লামরাং। এগদে আমার মানু ছিটারেয়া থাইলেউ, হৌগদে চাকা চাকা ইয়া আসি। অতার পরেউ তানুর দশা এগোদের মানুরাংত জিঙে আরো সলসে। বিশ্ব জুড়ে চলের জাতর শিংনাত আমিয়ৌ গারগো বরিক এজাত হৎনা দশগো তিলুয়া আমার মানুয়ে নাকরতারা। দশগো তিলুইলে দশানন ইয়া আগরে আগই […]
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