Europe zooms MK Binodini Devi's Literature
- United Kingdom, May 3 2020 -
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Europe zooms MK Binodini Devi's Literature on May 3 2020
The European Manipuri Association (EMA) hosted a participatory online reading and book discussion of MK Binodini Devi's "The Maharaja's Household: A Daughter's Memories of Her Father".
EMA members from UK, Switzerland, and Norway participated.
"The Maharaja's Household" is a book of memoir essays written by MK Binodini Devi about her intimate, first-hand memories of her family, palace life, household characters, and incidents during the 50-year reign of her father Maharaja Sir Churachand Singh (1891-1941) of Manipur.
The Zoom book event was hosted by EMA General Secretary Rajya Downes of Suffolk, England, and featured the book's translator L. Somi Roy, and other personnel of Imasi: The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation of Imphal.
Europe zooms MK Binodini Devi's Literature on May 3 2020
The event launched e-Leikai, a global cybercommunity initiative of Imasi Foundation.
It is envisioned as a series of online cybercommunity literary and cultural events centered around the work of MK Binodini Devi for ex-pat Manipuris and their friends and families around the world.
The Kindle e-book of the volume of the English translation of the personal essays by the preeminent Manipuri writer is published by Zubaan Books of New Delhi and is available on Amazon.
See more photos from the event here
* L. Somi Roy provided this information to e-pao.net
This article was webcasted on May 04 2020.
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