Manipuri to English:
“ꯃꯤꯠꯀꯨꯞ ꯑꯗꯨꯗꯒꯤ,” ꯏꯪ ꯱꯹꯴꯵ꯒꯤ ꯄꯥꯎꯗꯝ ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯍꯥꯏꯈꯤ, “ꯀꯜꯀꯇꯥꯕꯨ ꯊꯥꯛꯅꯕ ꯑꯆꯝꯕ ꯂꯂꯣꯟ-ꯏꯇꯤꯛꯀꯤ ꯊꯧꯑꯣꯡ ꯑꯗꯨꯗ ꯃꯈꯥ ꯄꯣꯟꯕ ꯉꯝꯈꯤꯗꯦ꯫”
"From that moment," the 1945 report stated, "the ordinary trade machinery could not be relied upon to feed Calcutta."