Manipuri Story Collection Lonthoktabi Jun 2026

Critics have compared the Lonthoktabi collection to the works of (known for Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi ) and R.K. Elangba , who brought modernist sensibilities to Manipuri prose. However, Lonthoktabi is often seen as more radical—less concerned with nostalgia and more with immediate, uncomfortable truths.