Literary forum on old Manipuri manuscripts held
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 05 2014:
A one day literary forum on Evaluation of Old Manipuri Manuscripts was organized by Resource Forum Manipur (REFORM) under the sponsorship of Sahitya Akademi, Kolkata at Lamyanba Shanglen, Palace Compound here on Monday.
The Forum held in two sessions was attended by Prof H Behari and Dr M Lokendra as Chief Guest and President respectively.
Addressing the gathering, Prof Behari said that the Manipuri language is well qualified for placing under classic language given its historical importance and mentioned that the Khamba-Thoibi folk story is the only recognized epic in the entire north eastern States.
He stated that the Khamba-Thoibi epic needs to be translated in different Indian languages.