Status: Work in progress.
Note: I have just begun to work on this project. More content will be added soon.
- Preface
- Transport
- Language
- Cuisine
- Lodging
- Climate
- History
- Art
- Literature
- Songs, Movies, Dramas, etc
- Places
- Politics
- The People of Kangleipak
- What You Can Speak and What You Can't
- Acknowledgements
- License
This guide is written by a mathematician with no formal training in survival tactics anywhere let alone in Kangleipak. Turns out, surviving in Kangleipak isn't hard for a mathematician. If you ain't a mathematician, it will be even easier. Indeed, if you can memorize some sloppy tactics I outline here, you are on the way to enjoy a beautiful ride in Kangleipak. By the way, if you don't already know, 'Kangleipak' is another name of 'Manipur', a state of India.
The first five chapters on transport, language, cuisine, lodging and climate are extreme survival tactics that you desperately need to know in order to keep your organic body intact. The subsequent chapters on history, art and literature will unviel the rich history, art and literature of this beautiful land. The chapter on places talk about, well, the places, of course — good to know if you are a tourist or traveler. Then there is a chapter on politics and about the beautiful people of this land. In the last chapter, I will train you what you can speak and what you can't!
As of 2022, Kangleipak is accessible either by air or road. There is only one airport — the Imphal Airport (IMF), which likes boasting about being the third busiest airport in northeastern India but the truth is that it's a pretty lazy airport. Kangleipak residents possess the luxury of reaching there within 50 minutes of flight departure and still have some free time before boarding the plane despite being warned to reach the airport 3 hours prior to departure. It is connected to Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata by direct flights.
The other way to reach Kangleipak is through road transport, which I don't recommend unless you want some hilly adventure and are short on money. I said "some hilly adventure" — I take it back now. The hilly roads have been plagued with landslides, very rough terrain and mud. There is also a not-so-adventurous history of accidents and deaths of crew?
Having reached Kangleipak, you are in good company. The road transport system is pretty good in the valley. If you venture out farther from the heart of Imphal (the capital), you will find the company of holed and cracked roads. If you venture out a lot farther, keep your seatbelts on, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. You can board passenger buses, cabs and autos in most parts of the valley if you know how and what to speak, which brings up the next chapter,
If you ask me about the official language of Manipur, I'd say 'Meeteilon'. It is written using the Meetei Script. But practically, if you know 'English', you are almost good to go — well, not very practically if you venture out considerably far from the capital where you are likely to run into mortals that know only 'Meeteilon'.
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