Priyanka Konsam

How did I find it? No it wasn’t ‘by chance’ on insta, or Facebook. Here’s the story… On one of our lunch hour meetings V and I decided to crash at a nearby café or restaurant for a quick bite. It was his find actually. On his way back from work, he would notice a tiny little place on the first floor of Hotel Kombirei, on Rims Road. What Timber did to me, I guess this little café did to him! And I couldn’t be gladder that we stepped into that café on a day when the weather was perfect. Dark clouds, a cool breeze spell perfect weather for me. So we climbed the stairs to what would soon become the stairway to “the most delicious comfort food’ heaven! Welcome to Steaming Mug! The décor is rustic with its blue-grey walls adorned with posters that prepare your mood. Planters are aplenty around the two floors which for a lover of greens is a delight. The seating is casual with a blend of wood and our ‘Phak (a kind of mat made of reed) cushions’ ( Kauna Phak) ) for added comfort. The...

I’m a sucker for cozy nooks and corners. When I Was settling into the new Imphal, I was scouting for a café that would be my go to place to unwind, satiate my curious and adventurous palate with good company thrown in just to not look odd. I said ‘new’ Imphal because it was a reformed, refurbished version of the city I knew. Everything looked the same yet, there was a difference. One of them being the numerous array of restaurants and cafes that have opened here and continue to do so. Each with a unique offering, and with ambience that is definitely exciting to the lovers of exotic dining spaces and options. So there were two places that caught my attention in the very beginning, Books and Coffee which is located at Singjamei which later became a favorite haunt for me and a place for ‘meet up’ because of its proximity to where I live as well as other reasons which I will cover later. The other place being Timber, which is further away at Dewlahland yet it was the first café t...

This journey of preparing for the wedding day and after, has been something very enriching for me. It is less of wedding shopping and more of an intimate moment with my culture and roots and I am loving it. I have been wondering if I am normal, because I am not stressing, I am chilled out and not panicking about all the shopping (just hope I didn’t say it too early!). Considering that the day falls in December this year which is a few months away now (3 months to be precise) and a lot of things still pending, I think I could have been over the edge about the preparation, getting the decorators etc. But I am not. So when I think about it, I realize that I owe this coolness to the very process, which is close to a spiritual experience for me. I don’t see the preparations as a task, I see it as a journey, and I want to be aware of my thoughts, feelings and the things around me as I go about the preparations. ‘Nuff said, let me get to the thing I am writing about today. Did you gue...

I managed to get my mind around the thought of getting married and settling down here, in Imphal. And I owe it to my love, my fiancé. He made me believe in love again and looking at him I feel secure, assured and at peace. Ahem, I’ll save the mush for some other day, right now, down to business because I have started this blog after a lot of things have already happened and I   need to catch up writing about so many things! Anyway, this post is about the beginning of it all. The formalization of the bond that we created. What happens and my journey through those few days. It is a little difficult now that I have to write about them retrospectively but I’ll try my best. So, once the boy (let’s call him V) and I made up our minds, I told my parents. My mother was over the moon, she was more excited than me I think. My aunts and sister too were elated, because it was finally happening for this 32 year old girl :P V’s mother called up my Indomcha ( aunt), to fix a date to c...