After the killing of her Meitei partner, Chingnu Haokip has been isolated by both sides of Manipur’s ethnic divide. ‘The town is full of informers. You can’t trust anyone,’ said an activist.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
In conversation with ThePrint, the CM also spoke on Myanmar border fencing, new rail line coming up near Aizawl, and the need for a second capital for his state.
The discussion on Patricia Mukhim’s book, From Isolation to Integration, brought together authors, journalists, and public intellectuals, including ThePrint Editor-in Chief Shekhar Gupta and former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai.
Subject was officially broached for the 1st time during Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan’s visit to the state in June, it is learnt. There’s no official confirmation yet though.
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Because he just doesn’t care. It doesn’t provide the photo op that inaugurating the next VandenBharat Express does. Maybe if a new VB Express is launched in Manipur, he will show up. Otherwise he doesn’t care in the same way he didn’t care when 2000+ people were killed in Gujarat in 2002.
The question of restoring trust between Meiteis and Kukis simply does not arise.
Meiteis are Indians and they always have been. Manipur has always been an integral part of India. It is repeatedly mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata (remember Princess Chitrangada?).
The Kukis are Myanmarese. So are the Hmars and the Zo. The massive illegal immigration across the porous Indo-Myanmar border over the last five decades has resulted in a substantial Kuki-Hmar-Zo population in India. Unfortunately, they have settled down on vast tracts of forest land and remote mountainous regions in Manipur.
The Indian security agencies must be given a free hand to deal with this threat to our national security. All illegal immigrants in Manipur must be rounded up and deported back to Myanmar.
As a resident of Assam, I have seen how the demographic shift took place over the decades in neighbouring Manipur. Very unfortunately, thousands of Kuki-Hmar-Zo have also settled illegally in Assam.
The Indian state must extend wholehearted support to the Meiteis in their struggle against illegal immigrants from Myanmar.
Because he just doesn’t care. It doesn’t provide the photo op that inaugurating the next VandenBharat Express does. Maybe if a new VB Express is launched in Manipur, he will show up. Otherwise he doesn’t care in the same way he didn’t care when 2000+ people were killed in Gujarat in 2002.
The question of restoring trust between Meiteis and Kukis simply does not arise.
Meiteis are Indians and they always have been. Manipur has always been an integral part of India. It is repeatedly mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata (remember Princess Chitrangada?).
The Kukis are Myanmarese. So are the Hmars and the Zo. The massive illegal immigration across the porous Indo-Myanmar border over the last five decades has resulted in a substantial Kuki-Hmar-Zo population in India. Unfortunately, they have settled down on vast tracts of forest land and remote mountainous regions in Manipur.
The Indian security agencies must be given a free hand to deal with this threat to our national security. All illegal immigrants in Manipur must be rounded up and deported back to Myanmar.
As a resident of Assam, I have seen how the demographic shift took place over the decades in neighbouring Manipur. Very unfortunately, thousands of Kuki-Hmar-Zo have also settled illegally in Assam.
The Indian state must extend wholehearted support to the Meiteis in their struggle against illegal immigrants from Myanmar.