Between Radha and Thoibi!
Thoi Thoi Kongkham *
The most beautiful among all the gopis
Like the 'drupatara' among the stars,
Who only "even can enchant" Krishna,
The crush of all the gopis, is none other than Radha Rani
And more witty than beautiful
Like the lone moon, outshine aginst her father wish and wealthy suitor,
Who tatooed with taboos for against social convention,
To be only for poor Khamba, is Moirang Thoibi
To be 'for khamba Meetei only'
Or not to be 'live as Thoibi Devi'
Thoibi wish 'Nongban Singh' to incarnated as "Krishna 'Kumar'"
And played Holi and Ras Lila with her friend Eta Radha.
Thus, Radha Devi fall in love and becomes 'Nongban's Maharani'
In the family of Hindu Gouro.
Thereafter Thoibi Chanu lived happily ever after
As Leima Shija of Khamba in the Meitei sanamahi family.
* Poem written by Thoi Thoi Kongkham for e-pao.net
The writer belongs to Kongkham Family, Langthabal, Manipur University-795003
The writer can be contacted at thoithoikongkham007(at)gmail(doT)com
This poem was webcasted on January 31 2016.
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