![]() ![]() ![]() I was then teaching at Guwahati University. The first time was in 1967 when Manipur was still a Union Territory. I know a little bit more about Manipur, but not much, though I have visited the state many times. I have since then come to know that he was a distinguished playwright, a social worker and the founder general secretary of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), one of the several organisations in Manipur engaged in an armed struggle to secure sovereignty and independence for Manipur. Indeed, when he was killed I was not even in India. What little I know about Arambam Somorendra was gathered well after his death. I am also overwhelmed by a feeling of inadequacy. I feel greatly honoured by the invitation of the Arambam Somorendra Trust to give the Sixth Arambam Somorendra Singh Memorial Lecture today, the eleventh anniversary of his death. Prabhakara on the Sixth Arambam Somorendra Singh Memorial Lecture held in Imphal on June 10, 2011) (The write up published her e is the paper presented by M. ![]()
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