Langmei VA
IMPHAL, May 24: The Langmei (Ritiang/Chiang) VA has decided to take step against any threat to DIET, Tamei Headquarters. A statement issued by the chairman of Langmei VA, P Lungpadbow also appealed the DIET, Tamei and the students to discharge their duty .....
Govt signs MoU with UPPK
IMPHAL, May 24: A home-coming ceremony of UPPK leaders and cadres was held today at 1st MR banquet hall during which a tripartite Me-morandum of Understanding was signed between the outfit, Government of Manipur and Government of India. Chief Minister .....
Muivah states stand to titular king
IMPHAL, May 24: “Nagas and Meiteis should decide for their own future and our future will be the outcome of this de-cision”, stated NSCN-IM Ato Kilonser Thuingaleng Muivah during a meeting with titular king Leishemba Sanajaoba at Hebron, Dimapur. .....
N/East Mt Everest Expedition ends
IMPHAL, May 24: With the successful summit to Mt Eve-rest by Manish Deka from Assam today at 5.45am, the record setting 1st NE India Mt Everest Expedition came to an end. The total number of successful Everesters from the expedition team stands at 11......
Ukhrul protest
UKHRUL, May 24: More than 1500 Anganwadi Workers and Helpers staged sit in protest at Ukhrul Mini Secretariat Complex today demand- ing payment of their pending twelve months honorarium. Later in the afternoon, a memorandum addressed to the Minister o.....
Flaws in Govt's Agri policy
IMPHAL, May 24: At a time when the Government of India is putting in serious effort to develop agriculture and allied sectors by pumping in additional fund, the State Government is currently pain-ting a contrasting picture. According to an official sou.....
KNF officer shot dead
IMPHAL, May 24: Comman-ding officer of KNF’s Ebenezer Camp HS Shanty Kipgen was shot dead by some unidentified persons at around 10 pm of May 23. Some 7/8 unidentified persons came to the house one Bimola located just beside Fo-rest Beat Office near.....
Fund boost to Mary's goal
NEW DELHI, May 24: The sports ministry has given in-principle approval for a grant of Rs 309.56 lakh to Olympic medallist Mary Kom's Regional Boxing Foundation at Imphal for construction of a gymnasium hall and procurement of equipments. The grant, to .....
Parents' body
IMPHAL, May 24: Close on the heels of 15 school children collapsing inside an overcrowded school van yesterday, All Manipur Guardian Stuents Organisation (AMSGO) has demanded that strict instruction be given by Education Minister to van drivers not to cra.....
Cultural prog
IMPHAL, May 24: A one day cultural and musical exchange programme was held today at Senapati Public Ground under the aegis of Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA) and Kuki Students’ Organisa-tion, Sadar Hills (KSO-SH). The programme held .....
Centre naive on NH protection force plan
IMPHAL, May 24: Despite continuous demand from va-rious sections for deployment of highway protection force (HPF) to ensure safe passage of vehicle operators and pas-sengers along the national highways connecting Manipur to other parts of the country, the.....
Screening for Cervical Cancer
By Dr BabinaThangjam When Ashangbi Devi (name changed) started having regular bouts of back pain and watery vaginal discharge, she instinctively knew something was not right.She started experiencing all thesemany years after her menopause and at first, s.....
“Go for gospel music”
By Rev L Simon Raomai Rock music is in the air virtually everywhere today. It is a captivate music culture which originated from western world. It is popularized from packed sports arena to advertisements that peddle everything from movie sound tracks an.....
Traditional healing methods with special reference to Manipur
By Dr K Paochunbou (Contd from previous issue) But Scientists know that the bitter taste is caused by a toxin- “tetracyclic trieterpenoid cucurbitacin compound” and such toxin can cause vomiting of blood, severe diarrhoea, severe ulcers, fatal, st.....
School vans : Packed like sardines The wake up call
It did not end in a disaster. A providential escape ? Whatever, the warning cannot and should not be ignored. Packed like sardines in a can. This is perhaps the closest description of school vans all over Imphal and the other towns of Manipur, like Churac.....
KKSDDA warns
IMPHAL, May 24: Highlighting the scores of inconveniences faced by the people of Kasom Khullen Subdivision due to prolonged absence of responsible SDO/BDO and delayed in inauguration of the new office building, the Kasom Khullen Subdivision Development As.....
Successful candidates congratulated
IMPHAL, May 24: The Thoubal Police has congratulated Kshetrimayum Thoithoinganba Meitei s/o Ksh Rajen Singh and Sougrakpam (N) Ksh (O) Nonibala Devi of Thoubal Nongangkhong who secured the 8th position in the HSLC Exam 2013 conducted by the BSEM. A sta.....
KSO reprimands Cdl NRHM
IMPHAL, May 24: Expressing discontentment over the conduct of perfunctory three-day health mela at Joupi village in Khengjoy subdivision from May 17-19 by the NRHM Chandel, the Kuki Students' Organisation played down the health mela saying it was done onl.....
Two UG cadres nabbed
IMPHAL, May 24: A PREPAK cadre reportedly with several criminal records was arrested by a combined team of Thoubal police commandos and 6 Dogra today around 4.10 pm while conducting a search operation at Pallel Bazar. Identifying the arrested PREPAK ca.....
AITSA for change of leadership in Govt
IMPHAL, May 24: The All India Tribal Students’ Association Delhi (AITSA) and the Mongoloid Peoples Forum (MPF), Delhi, expressing apprehension on the virtual lack of sensitivity and the decaying secular character of the State Government, urged the Con.....
Letters to Editor
By : Sangai Letters
Open letter to all Editors concerned
Sir,
In appreciation to and support of Dr. Khomdon Singh Lisam’s letter to the Editor from Southern Palace Compound, Palace Road, Imphal, published by respected Editor of Sangai Express on 24 December 2012, the following few lines are penned down for kind publication in the daily papers by respected Editors in the Spirit of peace, social harmony and in defence of fundamental rights of Indigenous people in the north eastern region of India which is noted as “2nd Kashmir” by the UNPFII Rappourters.
Indeed T.C. Hudson’s statement in his book clearly stated that he travelled the length and breadth of Manipur and found out one unanimously accepted tradition; Meiteis, Kukis and Nagas are brothers. Their father is said as Ashu, his sons are Kukis, Nagas and Meiteis. This must be accepted as an undeniable truth the British could not conceal against their divide and rule policy. In fact these three communities had been living together in Manipur State harmoniously. They were not in need of any outside power to rule over them. They were and are the owners of the land together, and even the British umbrella Government did not interfere in their land management.
The unfortunate betrayal policy is the coercive signatures of His Highness Maharaj Budha Chandra Singh of Manipur and that of her highness the Regent Rani of Tripura, in September an.d published on 15 October 1949 to merge to India at the cost of Manipur and Tripura valleys. How and why these signatures of Manipur King and Tripura Regent Rani have been forced has been revealing day by day of the happenings in the so-called north east India uptil now.
Present negotiators with the Govt. and those asking for integration, supra state, alternative arrangement, and demanding states etc etc. must take maximum care, less they are giving away our ancestral land to people who have not done anything to the Britishers who came tried to take the land. The Meiteis fought bravely in defence of the land, so also the Kukis sacrificed their lives and villages by defending our ancestral land. Our ancestral land has not been given by any known power on earth. The British tried to take it, but failed. Though the valleys have been illegally taken, still 90% of our land remains in the hands of the indigenous people. If care is not taken by negotiators, those who voice for states will be used to give away our land by any means. Let us be reminded that we live in our land, and we need to defend the land together as our forefathers did in the past. Because of their sacrifices we could boldly say that this land is ours. Let us learn to live together with brotherly love and social harmony.
Let us recall that there were problems in the past, but all could be settled peacefully without any help from outside. We live as neighbours, brothers and sisters for centuries past, even before and during British colonial regime. At the same time, let us also reason together on what has brought about the present chaos, fighting within, reducing the land into a killing field. The Kuki Inpi has been asking the Government of India to peacefully settle the problems once for all by submitting over 60 Memoranda. Yet, no response is made till date. While trying to talk over the damages done through five Prime Ivlinisters including Shri Manmohan Singhji, no chance was given to meet them. Besides, PIL case has been submitted to the highest Supreme Court of India, but admission to this case was denied without any cogent reason. Whereas the Govt. remains unattended to our plea, the chaotic situation is getting worse that is marked by daily killings, road blockades, indefinite bandh, etc etc.
Citizens of this country must hold the Government responsible for all damages or loses. One must also ask whether the Government has abandoned this land. Who and where is the Govt. now? If there is any Government(s), the suffering of the Indigenous people must be settled peacefully without further delay.
Yours faithfully
T. Lunkim, Chairman
Kuki Movement for Human Rights
