Manipur
The market the women never stopped running.
Stories from Manipur
The Game That Manipur Gave the World
The most aristocratic sport on earth — played in Windsor, Buenos Aires, and Dubai — began in a small valley in Northeast India. The British saw it, wrote it down, and took it home. Manipur has been watching from the sidelines ever since.
History 8 min →
The Lake That Breathes
On Loktak Lake in Manipur, people live on islands that are not made of land. They are made of vegetation — floating mats of root and soil called phumdis that rise and fall with the water. The islands move. The houses move with them.
Geography 5 min →
A new story is finding its words.