Akhu Chingangbam

ex-Physicist, singer/songwriter, @ImphalTalkies / A Native tongue called Peace - Children Project / Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Festival

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

On the occasion of Mera Hou Chongba, we r excited to share the teaser of our ambitious project 'Chingleipak Collaboration' bringing together 16 artists, including 7 senior folk artists, from the hill districts of Manipur to create a song in 8 languages of Manipur. @ImphalTalkies

[★ @kapilarambam]

AFSPA. AFSPA. AFSPA.
ILP. ILP. ILP.
NRC. NRC. NRC.

The tragedy of my hometown continues, and in the words of Fanon, "The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards."

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Manipur’s ‘unknown’ killers

In India’s Manipur, a nurse mourns her infant daughter and five-year-old son killed in a blast last month, in a conflict that has left more than 250 dead since 2023 https://t.co/03BWbZGGtu

[akoijam sunita @akoi_Jam]

And a big shoutout to @Akhucha — seeing your name in the credits was such a proud moment. You were the only one I know personally, and it made the experience all the more special.

[ManipurTruth @manipur_truth]

A coach under Sports Authority of India is found guilty of sexual misconduct, gets suspended. But hold on - he gets transferred from Kerala to #Imphal.
Is #Manipur a dumping ground?
.@YASMinistry .@IndiaSports .@mansukhmandviya .@PMOIndia
Will/can you stand up @YKhemchandSingh?

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

#Manipur is witnessing violence again. Civilians being kidnapped, people being killed. Armed conflict ramping up. Strains between Kuki and Naga groups are bringing the state to a violent edge again.

This is subsequent to BJP cutting a deal again with some in the Kuki leaderships to claw back power in the state at the cost of a more durable social and political settlement.

BJP's political settlement, with unverified claims that the Union government will provide some kind of autonomy to Kuki Zo-dominated territories is likely to have caused the building of Kuki-Naga group strains.

Claims of identity-based homelands in Manipur have always overlapped and have required a more dexterous Union gov't to establish a 'durable disorder', as Dr Sanjib Baruah put it.

It is not the first time that a party in power in Centre has used the State's resources to bring itself to power in a northeastern state. But the current BJP as the govt and the party seems to have not found the dexterity and sagacity needed to stitch even such superficial political settlements in Manipur.

Citizens of Manipur will continue to pay the cost for this, with their lives and livelihoods, if the Union gov't does not act to arrange a political and social truce, without preconditioning it to fit BJP's political ambitions.

Mainland India's media-mounted public persons, from right and left, who had largely wrongly portrayed the conflict in Manipur earlier are now mostly silent or mealy-mouthed because the emerging 'story' does not fit the need of their politics.

I say this often. The 'story' of Manipur is the 'story' of the hypocrisy, ignorance, structural racism and callousness collectively of the State, of those in power, the powerful and the influential in mainland India's public spaces. It requires us to look more closely at how Indian democracy has dealt with and continues to deal with the region and its citizens.

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

Thank You for the kind words

[ManipurTruth @manipur_truth]

@FarOutAkhtar @ritesh_sid @ShujaatSaudagar @vikeshbhutani @J10Kassim @vishalrr @chalkboardfilms This may sound inconsequential - But, thanks for keeping that song at the end. That's a significant song depicting seven years of devastation (1819-1826). Many wouldn't know abt it. But it was a turning point in Manipur's history. @AguChingambam was excellent in music.

[Farhan Akhtar @FarOutAkhtar]

For all those asking ‘Where can I watch Boong?’, here you go.. ♥️

Would love to hear your thoughts on the film after, so post away 😊

#LakshmipriyaDevi #GugunKipgen #BalaHijam @ritesh_sid #AlanMcalex @shujaatsaudagar @vikeshbhutani @J10Kassim @vishalrr @chalkboardfilms #SuitablePictures @excelmovies @AAFilmsIndia

[Ram Subramanian @iramsubramanian]

To every moron who says eating meat will make children violent: Hitler was a vegetarian.

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

Yours truly wrote a couple of songs for this film including the remake of Madonna's Like a Virgin. Also I scored the background with Zubib Balaporia and Mocha.
Yes, I was also one of the line producer (my first time as one) :)
Now it is all worth it. @BAFTA

[BAFTA @BAFTA]

The winner of the BAFTA in the Children’s & Family Film category is Boong ✨ #EEBAFTAs

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

Indian government Or any related departments in any state should not celebrate Human Rights Day. It is an insult to thousands who have been stranded at relief camps for almost the last three years, and to those whose voices have been gaged.

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

Due to the ongoing Indigo Flight cancellation, me and my band @ImphalTalkies are stuck in Guwahati. We were supposed to be playing at Evening Elegance Season 5. But now it looks like we won't be able to make it.

[Imphal Talkies @ImphalTalkies]

https://t.co/HftahqMru9

[Imphal Talkies @ImphalTalkies]

For over a decade, folk-rock ensemble Imphal Talkies and the Howlers have turned the sound of protest into melody, chronicling the realities of Manipur through song. Meet its frontman Akhu Chingangbam.

https://t.co/gIYlUsDDVQ

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

Hello Delhi, come say hello to us. We are playing today at Sunder Nursery at 6.30pm

[Imphal Talkies @ImphalTalkies]

Hello Delhi! We are excited to bring our music to the @KNMAIndia festival of music: Voices of Diversity from 9-12 October at Sunder Nursery, Delhi

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

@Talentedtanu1 @ImphalTalkies Musical documentary film oina puthokkadaba

[Akhu Chingangbam @Akhucha]

On the occasion of Mera Hou Chongba, we r excited to share the teaser of our ambitious project 'Chingleipak Collaboration' bringing together 16 artists, including 7 senior folk artists, from the hill districts of Manipur to create a song in 8 languages of Manipur. @ImphalTalkies

[ManipurTruth @manipur_truth]

It's interesting to observe that in the ongoing Senior Women's Nationals in football, Meitei players are representing offer states too.

In the Punjab Vs Assam match yesterday, all three goals scorers were Meitei players.

A case of high supply? Wishing all the teams very best.

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

So predictable.

[Nitin Sethi @nit_set]

Friends, a brilliant movie from Manipur is being screened in Delhi and some other cities.

BOONG

Directed by Lakshmipriya Devi

Original score by @Akhucha.

Go watch it. It doesn't need Manipur's cultural and historical context to be enjoyed. If you do have references to get the subtext it's even more brilliant.

Gooo watch