If you want to understand modern Manipur—the land of the Meitei, the hills, the heartbreaks, and the hope—start with these stories. Let the "Lonthoktabi" guide you out of the dark.
Significance for Manipuri literature
To understand the soul of this collection, one must first decode its title. In Meiteilon (Manipuri language), Lonthoktabi is a richly connotative term. While a direct translation is difficult, it broadly alludes to "The Unraveled" or "That Which is Loosed and Flows Out." manipuri story collection lonthoktabi new