Tha Tha Thabungton (Life & Spirituality)

about life & spirituality...

It all started with a pilgrimage for my mom. It would be a nice long break after 25+ years of corporate life. Explore nature while my mom caught up with all her Gods, maybe I will find God too? Finally a chance to see the Shirui lily bloom in Manipur. But the universe had different plans! On May 3, 2023, everything just went crazy in Manipur with the conflict breaking out leaving many many people displaced! I stayed in Manipur for 39 days and witnessed awful sufferings. Listening to stories – the pain, the hopelessness, the trauma, the fear, the anger, the grief, the confusion – left a huge void in my heart.

4786+ homes burned
258+ lives lost
1108+ injured
39+ missing
60,000+ in relief camps

Why suffering never stops – it was the government, corruptions, rebels, drugs, AIDS, AFSPA, ethnic violence. How can conflict last for many many years?

As a child
I grew witnessing conflict
Sharing stories with the moon
stories from my heart

Tha Tha Thabungton