Videos

The film shows the improvement in the breed and milk yield of hill cows as a result of cross-breading with Jersey bulls through artificial insemination. Twelve cross-breeding units in India have helped to artificially inseminate about 10,000 hill cows, enabling the simple hill people to improve their means of livelihood with more and better milk and sturdier and healthier cattle.

In 2011-2012, a team from Meghalaya AIDS Control Society and a metal band 11th Hour took a road trip. And they discover a Meghalaya, not of the tourist brochure but a land devastated by mining, sexual hypocrisy, economic inequalities.

Baryl Vanneihsangi, a former Radio Jockey & TV presenter has now become the youngest MLA of Mizoram after winning the recent Assembly Elections.

The people of Mizoram set a New Guinness World Record on March 12th 2010, for the Largest Bamboo Dance in the World. 10,736 people dancing in synchronization. They used 6710 bamboos, dancing on a football field and 3 km of road.

The Garos, who call themselves A·chiks, are the second largest tribe in Meghalaya. As such they are the dominant tribe and inhabit the greater parts of the present Ampati Civil Sub-Division. The Garos have a strong tradition that they have come from Tibet. According to their legend, the ancestors of Garo inhabited a province of Tibet named Torus, where without any apparent reason they started on a voyage of discovery under the leadership of two chiefs Jappa-Jalima and Sukpa-Bongipa.

Life of Lou Majaw is surrounded in music. He is still the source of inspiration for young generation. He is one of the most respected musician in North East and in India. This biography of Lou Majaw will inspire the budding musicians especially in Meghalaya. He is a fun loving man and always enjoying and spending times with friends. His dressing styles is unique with his short jeans pant always, follows the Bob Dylan ways of playing music.

The story of how some underprivileged children, including Mr Dingko, an Olympian, the Asian Games gold medallist and Arjuna Award recipient, and some other inmates of an orphanage in Imphal have distinguished themselves to represent India in international sporting events.

This short film prepared by the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Meghalaya beautifully documents the Hill State Movement in our State. This is a befitting tribute to our leaders and visionaries whose commitment to the interest of our people inspired them to come together to fight for a separate State which eventually gave birth to Meghalaya in 1972. Dedicated to our leaders before us for their preserverance, courage and commitment. 𝐴 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝐴𝑉 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑆𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑦'𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑎. Description courtesy of CM Conrad Sangma #MeghalayaDay

A short documentary on the Galo tribe of Arunachal Pradesh

Jhamtse Gatsal is a children’s community located in remote foothills of the Himalayas, bordering Bhutan and Tibet, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is a non-profit organization which was founded in 2006 by a former Buddhist monk, Lobsang Phuntsok. The community provides a loving home, education, health care, and nutrition to over 90 children coming from diverse backgrounds of adversity and poverty from the surrounding villages of this remote region.

Over the duration of the Lakpar Fellowship 2018-2019 at the community, funded by the Pema Chodron Foundation, I engaged with the people there as a teacher, facilitator and action researcher to explore the role of material in shaping 21st-century skills to create a foundation for sustainable education, in a remote region, devoid of high-end technological facilities.

A short video on the formation of the state of Mizoram. The Mizo Hills became the Lushai Hills district within Assam at the time of Independence. In 1954, it was renamed the Mizo Hills District of Assam. The growing discontent due to the Mautam famine (1959-61), the movement began for independence under the leadership of Laldenga. After years of struggle with the Indian Government, Mizoram finally attained statehood on February 20th, 1987.

Various shots of Maghis boatmen in the Lushai Hills, they walk up to the Holy One Tier U Baulie and pay tribute with offerings of candles. Various shots of him with his two daughters. Various shots of Chin Hill tribesmen patrolling the jungle. M/S of two men pulling a dead Japanese soldier from his foxhole. Various shots of Bofor guns firing in the jungle. Soldiers walk through jungle. C/U dead Japanese soldier lying in trench in jungle. Various shots of prisoners of war carrying other wounded soldiers. M/S of more prisoners of war, they stand with their heads bowed.

The documentary highlights the Birth and Death Rituals of the Kman and Tawrã Mishmi community inhabiting the two districts of Lohit and Anjaw in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The documentary is non- fictional and the footage of various sequences of the Rituals was video graphed during the actual performance of the rituals. The documentary is an endeavour of the Cultural & Literary Society of Mishmi (CALSOM) to perpetuate the traditional ritualistic practice of the Mishmi Tribe in order to pass it on to posterity. The documentary is neither intended to hurt the religious belief of any other faith nor to challenge the ritualistic practice of any community.

Compelling video telling the story of the Gan Sabra HIV orphanage and community program in Mizoram, India. The founder of the home, Lucy, and several children share their stories. This home needs your help with child sponsorship, mission teams and a capital campaign for a permanent home.

The Film explores the intricacies of Manipuri traditional handloom and its allied activities, unravelling mythology to understand the continuity of an age-old cultural tradition which is reflected in the socio-economic life of the Manipuri people.