Manipuri to English:
ꯃꯔꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯅ, ꯑꯩꯈꯣꯏꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯛꯅꯤꯡ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯎꯄꯟꯅꯤꯌꯥꯁ ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯈꯨꯅꯥꯏꯒ ꯁꯦꯟꯃꯤꯠꯂꯣꯟꯒ ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯂꯩꯉꯥꯛꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤ ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯄꯟꯕ ꯃꯇꯝꯗꯨꯗꯒꯤ (ꯐꯤꯖꯦꯠ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯀꯦ ꯑꯃꯧꯒ ꯃꯔꯤ ꯂꯩꯅꯕꯗ) ꯃꯇꯝꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯎꯅꯤꯡꯕꯒꯤ ꯑꯄꯥꯝꯕꯗ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯍꯣꯡꯉꯤ꯫
Thus, our focus shifts from a desire to know the times the novel is referring to in socio-economic or political terms, to a desire to see the times (in terms of costume and decor).