Years ago, California-based documentary filmmaker Byron Aihara stumbled upon a YouTube video of a Manipuri singer named Mangka, which would alter his entire course of life. For Aihara, it was love at first sight. Not as much with Mangka, but her song. "That beautiful song she sang, cemented my resolve to make a trip to Manipur," he recalls. For the next two years, the Japanese-Amercian would immerse himself in his job as admissions advisor with CRC Health Group at Silicon Valley in California, saving every penny he earned. "Then, in 2013, I quit my job, bought a backpack, a pair of shoes and left for Manipur." He truly believed that in the heart of the Northeast Indian state, there was a story waiting to be told.