Meitei-Tangkhul blood ties only with Hundung : NSCN (IM) Need for same pol language underlined
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Newmai News Network
DIMAPUR, Oct 22: Amid the reports and heightened debates on social media about the Meitei-Tangkhul relationship, the NSCN (IM) has said that the “story is confined only to Hundung village”.
In a statement issued today, the NSCN (IM said), "History says that the Nagas, the Meiteis and the Kukis come from a common history. They are brothers of Mongoloid family. This is common knowledge. With respect to the much talked about the Tangkhul and Meitei brotherhood, history is very clear. The story is, however, confined only to Hundung village and does not apply to the whole Tangkhuls”.
The outfit also underlined the importance of speaking in the same political language.
NSCN (IM) said history has it that one Tangkhul brother from Hundung village went down to the present Imphal valley and settled there to live in the Meitei community.
Another story also says there were cases where some Tangkhuls and other Naga tribes who were married to Kuki women settled in their land and lived with the Kuki community, it added.
Though one cannot undermine the blood relationship of the Hundung royal family and the Meiteis, one should not take it too far to give wrong meaning, it said.
“We should understand that all Tangkhuls are not part of the Hundung royal family. Hundung was one big village in the Tangkhul community at that time. But that does not mean Hundung village represents the whole Tangkhul. Therefore, the relationship is not about the Tangkhul and Meitei but of the Hundung village royal family and few Meitei Salais (clans) and royal family in the Imphal valley,” NSCN (IM) said.
It added that individual inter-tribal marriage never means tribe-level bond when the relationship is only between the two families.
"Naga people should not be carried away or misled by such propaganda by people with vested interest to dilute the sanctity and distinct Naga National identity," NSCN (IM) said.
In days gone by, the past generations traced their brotherhood only in bloodline. But things have changed now, where ideological brotherhood and brotherhood in one faith counts, it said.
Pakistan and India, East Bengal and West Bengal come from the "same blood line". They speak the same language and read the same script, but they were divided on the line of religion and politics, it added.
“We love our Meitei and Kuki brothers and sisters and we respect them. But we know we have been living here together without political foundation. We must live together, but on a correct foundation,” NSCN (IM) said.
Apart from the common blood line, the NSCN (IM) said one must speak the same political language and profess the same faith.
“We must build our world on the foundation of a living history and not on concocted history. All said and done, there is no feeling of antagonism towards the Meiteis and the Kukis as well,” the NSCN (IM) said.
DIMAPUR, Oct 22: Amid the reports and heightened debates on social media about the Meitei-Tangkhul relationship, the NSCN (IM) has said that the “story is confined only to Hundung village”.
In a statement issued today, the NSCN (IM said), "History says that the Nagas, the Meiteis and the Kukis come from a common history. They are brothers of Mongoloid family. This is common knowledge. With respect to the much talked about the Tangkhul and Meitei brotherhood, history is very clear. The story is, however, confined only to Hundung village and does not apply to the whole Tangkhuls”.
The outfit also underlined the importance of speaking in the same political language.
NSCN (IM) said history has it that one Tangkhul brother from Hundung village went down to the present Imphal valley and settled there to live in the Meitei community.
Another story also says there were cases where some Tangkhuls and other Naga tribes who were married to Kuki women settled in their land and lived with the Kuki community, it added.
Though one cannot undermine the blood relationship of the Hundung royal family and the Meiteis, one should not take it too far to give wrong meaning, it said.
“We should understand that all Tangkhuls are not part of the Hundung royal family. Hundung was one big village in the Tangkhul community at that time. But that does not mean Hundung village represents the whole Tangkhul. Therefore, the relationship is not about the Tangkhul and Meitei but of the Hundung village royal family and few Meitei Salais (clans) and royal family in the Imphal valley,” NSCN (IM) said.
It added that individual inter-tribal marriage never means tribe-level bond when the relationship is only between the two families.
"Naga people should not be carried away or misled by such propaganda by people with vested interest to dilute the sanctity and distinct Naga National identity," NSCN (IM) said.
In days gone by, the past generations traced their brotherhood only in bloodline. But things have changed now, where ideological brotherhood and brotherhood in one faith counts, it said.
Pakistan and India, East Bengal and West Bengal come from the "same blood line". They speak the same language and read the same script, but they were divided on the line of religion and politics, it added.
“We love our Meitei and Kuki brothers and sisters and we respect them. But we know we have been living here together without political foundation. We must live together, but on a correct foundation,” NSCN (IM) said.
Apart from the common blood line, the NSCN (IM) said one must speak the same political language and profess the same faith.
“We must build our world on the foundation of a living history and not on concocted history. All said and done, there is no feeling of antagonism towards the Meiteis and the Kukis as well,” the NSCN (IM) said.