Beginning of Life in the UK : Chapter 01 :: Download
Dr Mohendra Irengbam *
Author and his friends Omar Khan, a business tycoon drinking with our MP Gerry Sutcliffe at the Terrace Bar of Houses of Parliament, London, on the north bank of the river Thames. In the background is the famous Westminster Bridge across the Thames River, connecting east and west sides of London.
Part 01
The beginning of my life in the UK, was when I arrived in London in February 1966. It was the beginning of springtime in my life a time for renewal and reawakening of my spirit with a fresh start. It was a time to break up my mundane everyday life in Churachandpur. I set off on what I believed to be a life enhancing course of a journey and for a triumphant return home.
This section about my life in the book, My Memories of Imphal from 1941, came into being after a bit of practice in writing 20 parts of my memoir about Imphal. It took me nearly two years. As Mark twain said: In the first place, God made idiots. This was his practice. Then he made proof-readers. I am now a proof-reader.
In fact, the inspiration came from my young friend Dr (Prof) Thangjam Premchand Singh from Keisampat. He sent me a WhatsApp message, asking me to write about my life and times in the UK. He knows about my early life in Imphal.
Dr Premchand was in London himself, for a couple of years, as one among the few young meritorious doctors who were sponsored by the Government of India for research studies. He is a distinguished specialist in Diabetes. He was a Professor of Medicine at RIMS in Imphal. He has been invited to a few international conferences, to present his papers on Diabetes that is ubiquitous in Manipur. But he was in London as a student. And he will not know the British way of life.
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