Laishram Mema is a singer from Manipur. Considered the “melody queen of Manipur”, she is the first ever Manipuri singer to sing in a Bollywood movie. She has been conferred with the title of “Nightingale of North east India” and is the pioneer of Hindustani sugam sangeet in Manipur. Life and Career of Laishram Mema: Mema started singing at the age of 6. She spent her days learning Hindustani classical music at Lucknow. She also learnt dance there. She is a “nritya visharad” in Kathak and also a “sangeet visharad”. Mema had been giving programmes in both AIR and Dordarshan. She first gave a programme in 1969 in AIR Ahmadabad. She gave a programme in DD Bombay in 1973. She is perhaps the first person to sing in Hindi by a Manipuri in an All India Radio programme. The India book house, the producer of many children comic books, including the “Amar Chitra Katha” produced two cassettes sung by her. She did playback for the film “Dilawar...