{"id":8664,"date":"2011-06-08T12:03:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T16:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=19163"},"modified":"2011-06-08T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T16:03:55","slug":"in-the-labyrinth-of-%e2%80%98old-imphal%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/06\/08\/in-the-labyrinth-of-%e2%80%98old-imphal%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"In the labyrinth of \u2018Old Imphal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_product='wpp-252';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=kanglaonline\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By -Sanatombi Angomcha<\/p>\n<p>The beautiful ruins of the Old Kangla palace, the glorious plunk of the \u2018Sana Konung\u2019, the ever famous \u2018Shamu Makhong\u2019, the crowded \u2018Ima keithel\u2019 at Kwairambandh Bazaar, not to forget the one and only \u2018Rup Mahal theatre\u2019, the popular landmark- \u2018neetyai bai chuthek\u2019, the meandering Kanglapark brook, nostalgic Baruni hills etc. \u2013 these are some memories of \u2018Old Imphal\u2019 I am pretty fond of. Some of these have not yet been changed and I am glad for the same. However, it will never be a fallacy to admit that the essence of Old Imphal Sehar no more remains the same.<\/p>\n<p>I still remember my mother relating me some memories about her college days. During her maiden days, having a bicycle was a matter of pride (or something to flaunt) whereas in our times driving a scooty or kinetic Honda became an in-demand fashion. Now kinetic Honda has again become an out fashioned vehicle replaced by Activa, Pleasure, Dio etc. From the perspective of fashion drifts, wearing a \u2018bell bottom jeans\/pant, jeans\u2019 skirt\u2019 or a dhangri pant\/frock used to make us feel on top of the world. And of course the \u2018Rangeela Boots\u2019 darling, how can I forget that? If you ride a kinetic, wear any of the mentioned attires, and luckily has a pair of matching boots- the world was all yours. And mind you sweetheart, but it took only twenty rupees for an individual to join a \u2018chaak chanaba\u2019. Please note, the price rise issue at present has got nothing to do with \u2018chaak chanabas\u2019 organized by friends. I understand that money values change in due course of time. But I am excited to flaunt that just a five rupee note was enough for pocket money then.  Those were indeed the best days!<\/p>\n<p>Today, we can observe a drastic as well as dramatic change in the fashion and lifestyle trends of the city. The copy-pasted Korean fashion drifts in New Imphal City (amongst the teenagers) is quite a feast for our eyes. But somewhere in the deep corner of my heart, I feel sorry for these modern kids and their lifestyles (not just about the fashion trends). They have missed pretty good things of life that need no money to buy. The wannabe copy-cat trends, the early marriages, disoriented careers, drugs etc. to a great extent set the tone of Modern Imphal and they say \u2018the youths are the pillar of the Nation\u2019 Are they?<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~4\/rSJGayU7UQE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~3\/rSJGayU7UQE\/\">http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~3\/rSJGayU7UQE\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By -Sanatombi Angomcha The beautiful ruins of the Old Kangla palace, the glorious plunk of the \u2018Sana Konung\u2019, the ever famous \u2018Shamu Makhong\u2019, the crowded \u2018Ima keithel\u2019 at Kwairambandh Bazaar,&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/06\/in-the-labyrinth-of-%E2%80%98old-imphal%E2%80%99\/\">Read more <span>&#187;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[437,330,327,499,500],"class_list":["post-8664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-articlesopinion","tag-kanglaonline-2","tag-opinion","tag-rambling","tag-sanatombi-angomcha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8668,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8664\/revisions\/8668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}