The culture of a people is the way of life of that people. Culture is a very wide term. It does not mean simply dance and music. It includes customs, beliefs, language, literature, paintings, the way of cooking food, the manner of taking food and many other things which make the people distinct from other peoples. Thus Manipuri culture is a very wide subject. But in this article, we are not expected to discuss the whole gamut of Manipuri culture. We will discuss its background by knowing which we will understand Manipuri culture more clearly and easily.

This book deals with the huge development of Arts and literary works during the time of King Kiyamba’s rule till King Chandrakriti (A.D. 1467-1886) in Manipur. The interesting fact is that Manipur witnessed its own two millennia old cultural framework through well developed literary language, rich cultural heritage, customs and traditions, rites and rituals which provides a living testimony to its birth and rise of Meetei civilization. Though, the Manipuris settling both in the hills and the plains speak different diverse sub-branches of the Tibeto-Burman language, the present Manipuri language which is evolved out of the early traditional Meetei language, becomes the lingua franca of the different groups.

This book deals with the huge development of Arts and literary works during the time of King Kiyamba's rule till King Chandrakriti (A.D. 1467-1886) in Manipur. The interesting fact is that Manipur witnessed its own two millennia old cultural framework through well developed literary language, rich cultural heritage, customs and traditions, rites and rituals which provides a living testimony to its birth and rise of Meetei civilization. Though, the Manipuris settling both in the hills and the plains speak different diverse sub-branches of the Tibeto-Burman language, the present Manipuri language which is evolved out of the early traditional Meetei language, becomes the lingua franca of the different groups.It is recorded that, Manipuri came into contact with the Indo-Aryan languages by the end of 17th century in the pattern of simultaneous placing of synonyms. The rise of the influence of Sanskrit and Bengal literatures on Manipuri literature was increasing rapidly. Most of the ideas and influences come from the Indo-Gangetic valley and gradually reacted with local beliefs and tradition. As a result, Manipur in the 18th century witness the arrival of three different forms of Hindu religion in the state. A Sanskrit word and or with a Bengali word is found replacing the vernacular Manipuri from time to time. Rare Manuscripts written on indigenous paper covered with a variety of subjects, which studies of traditional faith, mythologies, rituals, administrative codes, chronicles, genealogies, description of nature, ballads and other imaginative works, which were collected and safely kept in the charge of the Amaiba Loisang and Pundit Loisang, were destroyed in the historical bonfire Puya Meithaba (1732) during the reign of Maharaj Garib Niwaj (1709-1748).The old Manipuri literature was made with simple verses which are found sung as hymn to Gods and secular deities. Lai Harouba ushered in the dawning of Manipuri literature and poetry.The-literature of a people is a part of the culture and therefore the cultural history of the people is follow with the history of the literature of a people. There found to have four periods in Manipuri literature. The period from the 8th century to 1074 A.D. is the old period of Manipuri literature. The Early Medieval Period covers the years from 1074 to 1709. This period marked the turning point in the cultural as well as historical events which follows the worshipping of the Vishnu was begun for the first time in the year 1470. It was an important watershed in the cultural life of the people and Manipuri literature. From 1709 Manipur literature passed into a new phase which mark off another period, the late Medieval Period and went into 1819. The period of British ruled in Manipur paved the way for coming of the Modern Period in Manipuri literature.

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Before the Storm, is another intriguing short fiction stories made up of three short fiction stories? Beast of the Road, Marked for Hatred and Killer in the Mist. Beast of the road was about a trucker in Panaji, Goa, India, who specialized in kidnapping, torturing, raping and killing young women on the pretense of offering a lift. Luck ran against him when a police officer on patrol caught him assaulting his last victim inside his truck and got him arrested before he could killed the 51 victim. He almost escaped due to lack of enough concrete evidence against him but thanks to the Indian Special Task Force who broke the camel's back by providing more than enough evidence against him, to send him to life in prison by the law court. Marked for hatred was about Arjun and Samay. The two of them were best of friends dealing on transport business until bus contract tore them apart, and they became the biggest rivals. Arjun fell into Samay's trap with the help of his lover, Sahara Burman and was murdered and dropped on the Indian Ocean. Samay almost got away because he covered his track very well but due to the brilliant work of the Indian Special Task Force and investigators, the Mistry behind the scene was unraveled and the killers paid for their crimes. Killer in the mist is about a young teenager Angela who was kidnapped, raped murdered and dumped in a river by her neighbour. She thought she would never see justice but 28 years later, the detectives who did not gave up the investigations put up a brilliant performance. The killer was unmasked and paid for his crimes.

This book deals with the personal experiences and feelings of the author. These poems describe the eventful life's journey of the author where she finds life a beautiful blank sheet of waves and whenever she stepped upon her unknowingly trying to overcome the instances. The book defines the vast momentum and love of the author where she loves to explore the ardent emotional powers and loves to write about the admiring violent impetus curbing the whole wild nature as well as the unique female cosmos, holiness. The author describes the experiences she had during her childhood period where she was permanently force to wear the same old school forks, shirts and socks and she happily describes the joyous moments when she walk down the street, crossing the water filled paddy field deep into the water, on the rainy day with those old rubber shoes. The book also beautifully highlighted the nature’s epitome of unconditional love and how men trample upon through the natures’ beauty; the author seems to describe the numbers of affection developed within her consciousness with the environment. There are innumerable instances of the poet’s feelings describing the quantum moments of her sisterhood with their sisters and brothers relationship, of her emotions describing how she rules her own self and her kingdom where she beautifully describe her wilderness without egos. The book also describes the authors’ love for the animals, rainy seasons, and snowy winter and she also hunts for the reasons of the reasoning truth of the society, of the humanity and of the self destruction. There are beautiful instances where the author express her illusionist moments which she find herself lost into the vast unpredicted desires and effort less to handle but just letting go of all those moments and never giving up of herself remembering little things in her life. This book is indeed a beautiful master piece of the writer all sum up in one go.