Benjamin Sum News Today

Beyond the big festivals in major cities, we look at Repertwahr in Lucknow, Orange Festival of Adventure and Music in Dambuk, Local Festival outside Aizawl, dB Night By Flowers in Kochi and Kholeydai in Kalimpong

While the 1,600-kilometer border between India and Myanmar has seen waves of Burmese refugees fleeing to India as the civil war and air strikes have intensified, the Chinese government has been vocal about its support of Myanmar's military junta. Inevitably, already tense relations between China and India

The events unfolding in Manipur are not very different from the events that have led to people fleeing their villages and ultimately their country.

Benjamin Sum, a Chin refugee in Aizawl, was forced to leave his home after he became a target of the military junta for his pro-democracy activism.

Myanmarese rockstar Benjamin Sum had to flee to Mizoram, but continues to actively speak out against the persecution of Chins in Myanmar

Locals describe Benjamin Sum as the father of fruit farming, having introduced mango and watermelon growing.