By Ngampingampou Gonmei Anthony
How unfortunate and repulsive it is to witness daily internecine killing going on between the rival factions in any Naga dominated areas for supremacy over our people and land. The frequent killing on flimsy grounds make no sense and Naga people are today fitted with fear and anxiety whenever any dead warrior is brought home. Killing each other in the name of freedom struggle has taken its toil and our population mainly youths has tremendously been reduced to countable num-ber by the bullet of freedom. It can be a fact that both the factions are taking sadistic joy and a wild cheer must have scared away birds of their jungle’s camp whenever a cadre or star-studded leaders are eliminated. A becoming smile must be playing on the lips and faces of cadres or leaders who return to camp after a mission planning to kill or after attacking main leaders. If this sort of killing goes on then a time will come when no leader worth the name will be there to carry on our cause.
They must know that their shoot to kill policy has produced many widows, orphans and anguished parents. Should widows and orphans start fighting for freedom? Whenever a dead cadre is brought home there is always a heart-breaking cry and lamentation by parents, young boys, girls and little children cursing the name of those who killed them.
This really burns the sensitive and developing minds of our youth and many of them will be compelled to join either of the group just to settle the account and not for freedom. What consequence will be there if these youth join the UGs only to take revenge? Only God knows what we will become for being so inhuman and unchristian.
We must know that our people are living far from each other and are facing untold disadvantages due to topography and lack of necessary things. Apart from swallowing down the bitter pill of poverty and financial dryness, they have to adjust and accept the bitter games of death playing in their sorrowful pressure.
It seems both the faction are head-strong and stubborn and are not rea-dy to accept each other. They blame stubbornly that the other is wrong. They take solace with a hope that public rapport are with them. Though many attempts were made by various NGOs and churches to bring reconciliation for unity, both the stone headed faction from their understanding and experiences predict the failure of such an attempt and are thus accusing each other for that failure and animosity between them has become wild.
A time will come when both the group will be held responsible for their division. Our posterity will curse them for landing them in abysmal mistrust. They must know that they are holding the fate and destiny of the entire Naga population.
In their talks with the GOI, leaders of both the groups are taking sweetly to Indian leaders showing how civilized and decent they are but at home they are sneering, yelling and roaring like the jungle king lion at each other with their eyes closed in hot anger. Our Bible tells us not to behave like lion at home. In such family satan is at work and is bound to perish, says Jesus Christ in Matt 12:25.
Many Chaplains of various prayer cells says that a big satan of killing is leading us. We Christened our land as ‘Nagalim for Christ’ but now it has become ‘Nagalim for Crisis’. Roman 3:15- 18 says, ‘They are quick to hurt and kill, they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go. They have not known the path of peace, nor ha-ve they learnt to fear God’.
We, the public cannot tolerate this cyclical killing of our people just because of different ideology or goal. Though poor we hold life as a very precious gift of God. We really cry and missed one who is taken away unnaturally. If our cause lost the active support of our people then our Naga family will be like a big rotten log laying and decaying on the foot-path of roaring humanity who will only then kick us and push us down a cliff for making them fall. Trying to kill one community or group for some dubious reason is like throwing people to biblical Nile river without knowing the repercussion from God. Instead let us pray for each other to God to increase our tribe. In the context of Manipur, like there is only one valley, there is only one hill. Both the Nagas and Kuki’s are living there. So we are fated by destiny to live together as good neighbour.
If this letter carry some sensible truth kindly respect it. This letter is the prayer not only of this writer but of entire human race including both the factions. Let love and wisdom prevail between them.
Source: The Sangai Express
How unfortunate and repulsive it is to witness daily internecine killing going on between the rival factions in any Naga dominated areas for supremacy over our people and land. The frequent killing on flimsy grounds make no sense and Naga people are today fitted with fear and anxiety whenever any dead warrior is brought home. Killing each other in the name of freedom struggle has taken its toil and our population mainly youths has tremendously been reduced to countable num-ber by the bullet of freedom. It can be a fact that both the factions are taking sadistic joy and a wild cheer must have scared away birds of their jungle’s camp whenever a cadre or star-studded leaders are eliminated. A becoming smile must be playing on the lips and faces of cadres or leaders who return to camp after a mission planning to kill or after attacking main leaders. If this sort of killing goes on then a time will come when no leader worth the name will be there to carry on our cause.
They must know that their shoot to kill policy has produced many widows, orphans and anguished parents. Should widows and orphans start fighting for freedom? Whenever a dead cadre is brought home there is always a heart-breaking cry and lamentation by parents, young boys, girls and little children cursing the name of those who killed them.
This really burns the sensitive and developing minds of our youth and many of them will be compelled to join either of the group just to settle the account and not for freedom. What consequence will be there if these youth join the UGs only to take revenge? Only God knows what we will become for being so inhuman and unchristian.
We must know that our people are living far from each other and are facing untold disadvantages due to topography and lack of necessary things. Apart from swallowing down the bitter pill of poverty and financial dryness, they have to adjust and accept the bitter games of death playing in their sorrowful pressure.
It seems both the faction are head-strong and stubborn and are not rea-dy to accept each other. They blame stubbornly that the other is wrong. They take solace with a hope that public rapport are with them. Though many attempts were made by various NGOs and churches to bring reconciliation for unity, both the stone headed faction from their understanding and experiences predict the failure of such an attempt and are thus accusing each other for that failure and animosity between them has become wild.
A time will come when both the group will be held responsible for their division. Our posterity will curse them for landing them in abysmal mistrust. They must know that they are holding the fate and destiny of the entire Naga population.
In their talks with the GOI, leaders of both the groups are taking sweetly to Indian leaders showing how civilized and decent they are but at home they are sneering, yelling and roaring like the jungle king lion at each other with their eyes closed in hot anger. Our Bible tells us not to behave like lion at home. In such family satan is at work and is bound to perish, says Jesus Christ in Matt 12:25.
Many Chaplains of various prayer cells says that a big satan of killing is leading us. We Christened our land as ‘Nagalim for Christ’ but now it has become ‘Nagalim for Crisis’. Roman 3:15- 18 says, ‘They are quick to hurt and kill, they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go. They have not known the path of peace, nor ha-ve they learnt to fear God’.
We, the public cannot tolerate this cyclical killing of our people just because of different ideology or goal. Though poor we hold life as a very precious gift of God. We really cry and missed one who is taken away unnaturally. If our cause lost the active support of our people then our Naga family will be like a big rotten log laying and decaying on the foot-path of roaring humanity who will only then kick us and push us down a cliff for making them fall. Trying to kill one community or group for some dubious reason is like throwing people to biblical Nile river without knowing the repercussion from God. Instead let us pray for each other to God to increase our tribe. In the context of Manipur, like there is only one valley, there is only one hill. Both the Nagas and Kuki’s are living there. So we are fated by destiny to live together as good neighbour.
If this letter carry some sensible truth kindly respect it. This letter is the prayer not only of this writer but of entire human race including both the factions. Let love and wisdom prevail between them.
Source: The Sangai Express
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