Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The power of music to deliver a healing touch was aptly manifested on the stage at Ahmedabad University recently when two popular singers, Mangka Mayanglambam from Manipur and Megha Dalton from Jharkhand, used their music to disseminate a message of peace as an antidote to the prevailing unrest in the State of Manipur.
Mangka Mayanglambam, an award-winning singer, dancer, teacher, and researcher of Manipuri folk music, has delivered performances across India and the world, including Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
Megha Dalton, an accomplished singer and composer from Daltonganj in Jharkhand, has an extensive discography as a folk singer, along with performances in theatre and as a playback singer in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi movies.
The programme, ‘Music for Peace—Call of Manipur’, was a collaboration between Ahmedabad University and Vishwagram, an organisation from Gujarat that has worked to spread relief in several conflict-ridden areas in Manipur. Signifying the healing touch of music as both therapy and a bonding force, the singers’ delivered the heartfelt message, ‘When I sing, I cry’ through their songs. The performances were followed by a discussion with the audience on the volatile situation prevalent in Manipur, and how songs of love and hope could be used to quell the violence and influence the rival factions to find ways to usher in lasting peace in the State.
The power of music to deliver a healing touch was aptly manifested on the stage at Ahmedabad University recently when two popular singers, Mangka Mayanglambam from Manipur and Megha Dalton from Jharkhand, used their music to disseminate a message of peace as an antidote to the prevailing unrest in the State of Manipur.
Mangka Mayanglambam, an award-winning singer, dancer, teacher, and researcher of Manipuri folk music, has delivered performances across India and the world, including Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
Megha Dalton, an accomplished singer and composer from Daltonganj in Jharkhand, has an extensive discography as a folk singer, along with performances in theatre and as a playback singer in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi movies.
The programme, ‘Music for Peace—Call of Manipur’, was a collaboration between Ahmedabad University and Vishwagram, an organisation from Gujarat that has worked to spread relief in several conflict-ridden areas in Manipur. Signifying the healing touch of music as both therapy and a bonding force, the singers’ delivered the heartfelt message, ‘When I sing, I cry’ through their songs. The performances were followed by a discussion with the audience on the volatile situation prevalent in Manipur, and how songs of love and hope could be used to quell the violence and influence the rival factions to find ways to usher in lasting peace in the State.
