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Khelen Thokchom remembered on birth anniversary
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 27 2023:
Khelen Thokchom Trust (KTT) has observed the 63rd birth anniversary of late senior journalist Khelen Thokchom at his Tera Tongbram Leikai residence in Imphal West today.
Members of KTT, family members and relatives, members of local Meira Paibi body and members of Youths' Forum Tera Tongbram Leikai took part in the day's simple but meaningful observation.
Floral tribute was also paid to the portrait of the late journalist.
Khelen passed away on April 1, 2018 .
During his tenure as journalist he served as the Special Correspondent of The Telegraph.
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Addressing the gathering, advisor of KTT Irengbam Arun, who is also the Editor of the Imphal Free Press spoke about the dedication of Khelen and his contribution to the society through his writings.
Journalist Taorem Biswajit Singh of the vernacular daily-Sanaleibak who is the KTT Media Fellow for the year 2022-23, recalled his association with Khelen and latter's guidance in the reporting area.
Biswajit was honoured with a warm reception for his reports on "Challenges in Sustainable Agriculture in Manipur's Limited Paddy Land Resources" under Khelen Thokchom Media Fellowship programme 2022-23 .
According to the 2021-22 report of the Agriculture department, the agricultural land in Manipur is 1,95,000 hectares.
As per the statistics of Land Use and Land Cover in Manipur, the agricultural land area was 1,81,690 hectares in 2017-19, providing the actual agricultural land, said Biswajit, who has experience in reporting on agriculture.
General secretary of KTT, Sobhapati Samom said Khelen Thokchom Media Fellowship was instituted to hone the skills of young reporters.
The gathering also observed silence for a minute in memory of Atom Samarendra-a member of KTT, who has gone missing since May 6 during the Manipur crisis.
The Khelen Thokchom Media Fellowship programme for 2023-24 has been suspended temporarily in view of the current crisis.
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