Missy Rongsenkala

Blimey, a message from a missus.
Never have I met the missus.
Bet! She must be bonny lass.
Have listened to, her sweet songs
She sings much sweeter than a skylark.
Missy did turned out, my best ally ever met.
 

Manipuri kids are learning ABC this way:
A for Apunba Lup; Agitation; Armed Forces Special Power Act; Assam Rifles; AIDS
B for Bandh; Bomb
C for Curfew; Cross Firing
 

Bangalore November 18 2009: A special Tangkhul Naga Buffet, organized by TBCB will be held on the 29th of November 2009 at All Saint Church Auditorium, Richmond Town, Bangalore. It will open at 1900 till 2200. Different kinds of exotic foods prepared in indigenuos home style will be available. Tickets are available with a price of Rs 300/- only. This buffet is in Aid of Church Mission Fund.

For further info, please contact: +918050515195,+919886575866

Staff Reporter Dimapur, Oct 14(NPN): October 14,2009 will be remembered for a long time in Dimapur when music lovers from across Nagaland and other neighboring states, broke all attendance records-estimated between 25,000 to 30,000 - to present their biggest welcome to Mr. Big, on their current worldwide reunion tour.
There were three to four thousand young people outside the stadium who couldn’t get in as all tickets were sold out. It was indeed a very big day Wednesday for Mr. Big. As the countdown began, bands such as Junkyard Groove (Chennai), Mother Jane (Cochin) and Dementia (Nagaland), warmed the crowd with some good music.

Mr. Big finally arrived on stage by 6 p.m. as the crowd swelled to its zenith. The effect was electrifying and it was the moment the fans had been waiting for. Mr. Big comprising of - bassist Billy Sheehan, lead vocalist Eric Martin, drummer Pat Torpey and guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert (Racer X) - took off with their rendition of “Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)”. Next, Mr. Big shifted to “Take Cover” from their album Bump Ahead.

(The Sangai Express) Imphal, October 11 2009: Under the stated objectives of preserving indigenous musical instruments and traditional lores documentary film based on the life of renowned folk artiste Guru Reuben Mashangva would be soon produced.

Titled 'songs of Mashangva' the documentary film is under production and likely to be completed in December, this year, said the film's director oinam Doren while interacting with newspersons at Manipur Press Club today where Guru Reuben was also present after his return from participating at the 'International Folk Festival' held recently at Jodhpur of Rajasthan.

Its official. Rock legends Mr. Big would be performing in India coming October 2009 as a part of their highly anticipated Reunion World Tour. According to their official page mrbigsite.com, the band is scheduled to perform in Bangalore (10 Oct), Shillong (12 Oct) and Dimapur (14 Oct), Aizawl (20th Oct). The band would feature the original lineup of Eric Martin (vocals), Billy Sheehan (bass), Paul Gilbert (guitar) and Pat Torpey (drums). Mr. Big Reunion Tour also marks the band’s 20th anniversary.

Formed in 1988, Mr. Big's remained active and popular for over two decades. The band broke up in 2002, but after requests from fans, the band reunited this year and started with their first tour in Japan from June 2009. The band is presently touring Europe and will conclude their tour in Seoul, South Korea on 25 October, 2009. 

Jodhpur, Oct 4 (IANS) Meet guru Rewben Mashangva, the Imphal-based musician, who has brought workday folk music from the villages bordering Nagaland and Manipur to the Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) under way at the sprawling Mehrangarh Fort here.

Mashangva is reviving the 'dying' traditional Naga tribal folk music -- especially the variety sung by his tribe of Thangkul Nagas -- among the GenNext in Manipur and Nagaland which swears by contemporary western rock and pop music.
He sings with his eight-year-old son Saka. 'The Naga folk songs from the villages are on the verge of extinction because of changing lifestyles, poor rhythm, lack of beat melodies, monotony, absence of written texts and insurgency,' Mashangva told IANS at Jaswant Tada, one of the open-air venues of the Oct 1-5 festival.

(BBC World News) 1 Oct Thu: More than half of babies now born in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years, researchers say. The study, published in The Lancet journal, also says the extra years are spent with less serious disability. Data from more than 30 developed countries shows that since 1950 the probability of surviving past 80 years of age has doubled for both sexes. One expert said healthy behaviours for all ages was the key to enjoying living a long life.

Professor Kaare Christensen, of the Danish Ageing Research Centre at the University of Southern Denmark, who led the study, said life expectancy had been increasing since 1840 and there was no sign of this trend slowing down. He said: "The linear increase in record life expectancy for more than 165 years does not suggest a looming limit to human lifespan.

Geologists in southern India say they have found hundreds of dinosaur egg clusters which could be about 65 million years old.

It was a chance find discovered when a team of scientists were locating a place to excavate an ancient riverbed in the state of Tamil Nadu. As they dug deeper they saw layers of what looked like fossilised eggs. The photos and samples were then sent to various universities who confirmed that they were dinosaur eggs. Each egg is the size of a football - about 13 to 23cm in diameter, lying buried in sandy nests. The leader of the team, MU Ramkumar, told the BBC the finding is significant and could help to unravel the mystery about the extinction of dinosaurs.

(Ahorvashum) Bangalore, September 10: The Hornbill Cultural Club presents North East Extravaganza, a nite of cultural and musical show featuring BOOMERANG from Mizoram. Also with various artistes from Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and DJ Augustine Shimray (Nagaland) on 19th September 2009 from 1900-0030 at Preet Banquet, B-80 G.T Karnal Road (Opp Gujrawalan Town Part-2) North Delhi. Passes are available for Rs 300/- which includes a free CD.