Matamgi Manipur

This press release from a group of concerned Naga citizens (names listed below) was first published by the Imphal Free Press on 8 Jan 2013 Manipur has become of great concern in recent times to all of us in the light of recent incidents and the paper war still going on. Naga Meitei relationship seems to be reaching a new low. We are saddened and disturbed by this. The immediate compulsions and reasons behind the ongoing conflicts/current developments must not be underestimated. They are realities demanding our serious attention so that from them will emerge solutions that will give hope for all. They need not be allowed to sabotage the future we need to achieve together to succeed together in the fast changing world.

By Prof Jodha Chandra Sanasam   This article was originally published by Hueiyen Lanpao on 2 Jan 2013 and Epao on 3 Jan 2012 Admixed with the rasping noise of corruption, grating voices against misuse of funds; cacophony of bandhs and blockades; odour of burnt sulfur, spent bullets and blast-out explosives; acrid smell of raw blood; stench of decomposed clots, reek of putrid flesh of corpses, and hue and cry against loathsome crimes that filled in the air of Manipur in the last four decades, momentary whiffs of the friendly smell of new paper, prints and fragrance of literary words also have been continually pervading in the last two decades more strongly pronounced in the last one year.