
‘These Liquid Lines’: A recent exhibition highlighted 10 artistic voices from the Himalayan region
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When he was around 10 years of age, Thoudam Victor would play football for hours with his friends in Imphal. A break between games meant running to the river, which flowed next to the playground, with his friends, drinking the sweet water and splashing some of it on his face.
“I don’t know how many children can do that these days," rues the 40-year-old. “I feel a powerful pull towards the rivers of my region even today." It is because of this early engagement with nature that Victor, a graduate from the National School of Drama, constantly strives to talk about the North-East’s environmental fragility and political instability. Founder of the Manipur-based Akhoka Theatre, he has won accolades for his work at festivals such as the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards.
Victor’s reflections on the human relationship with nature were presented recently in his new play, The Will from the Unspoken Bank, which was staged on 9 December at the Travancore Palace, Delhi, as part of the exhibition ‘These Liquid Lines: Exercises in Memory, Attunement and Movement’. This was presented by the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) and Royal Enfield’s annual multidisciplinary festival, Journeying Across the Himalayas, dedicated to dialogue between creative arts about the Himalayan region. Victor, along with nine other practitioners from various artistic disciplines, were the recipients of the Himalayan Fellowship for Creative Practitioners 2025 by FICA.
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