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Shabnam Dohutia
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
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Shabnam Dohutia is executive editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Having worked in various editorial positions at Oxford University Press and Pearson, Shabnam has almost two decades’ experience in content development and in leading editorial teams. Shabnam holds a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Delhi. 

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Manipuri dance
Meitei, dominant population of Manipur, in northeastern India, concentrated mostly around the Imphal valley. Besides Manipur and other northeastern states, Meiteis have also settled in Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh. More than 80 percent of present-day Meiteis are followers of Vaishnavism, a form…
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