Everybody can hope. One has the right to hope. Hope is different from day dreaming. Day dreaming is done by lazy men, who want everything without doing anything. Even then not all hopes can be spoken out. If the hope turns out to be diametric to the popular belief of the masses it should be eliminated. Because there are listeners, who will scoff at if the hope appears to be inclining towards day dreaming. One must think several times before opening mouth. Wise leaders do not speak the ills of others. If they speak openly their leadership quality will be questioned. Do not expose yourself by speaking something, which will never materialise. Naga integration is beautiful, one can hope for achieving it. But integration of all Naga inhabited areas and keeping it under one administrative unit will be impossible. If one hopes for achieving it he or she will be treated as day dreamer. There are areas in Bangladesh where Meiteis are residing and also vast areas of land at Mandalay are inhabited by Meiteis. Can all these land come under one administrative unit? American English, Australian English, Hong Kong English, they all have maintained separate identity. Their separation had become history. Now they do want to live under one umbrella. Even the small family had been divided into nuclear family. But there can be emotional integration. Emotional integration binds all and a nation is kept alive when all the people live peacefully sharing concerns. Nagas living in Manipur can love Nagas in Nagaland. That requires exchange of love and expression of solidarity. What more can you do when even brothers do not cooperate with brothers. There are individual aspiration and ambition that stand in the way of all brothers living under the same roof. Nevertheless brothers love brothers. Living separately does not mean they quarrel. Therefore NSCN supremo is advised to eschew false hope of bringing all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit. It is time he realises that not all hopes can be fulfilled. After all what does one gain by causing social restlessness and keeping the states in turmoil with irresponsible demand? Moreover the affected states had pledged not to part away even an inch of land from their respective territories. Decisions of all the political parties of the country to protect territorial integrity also cannot be taken lightly. A party ruling both at the centre and the state cannot not do anything wrong to harm the interest of the people ruled by the same party. Any attempt to bifurcate the states in NE region on communal line will cause colossal loss. This is not a plaything. A toy can be repaired when it is broken. Moreover Manipur is not a creation of the Government at the centre. Manipur is different from other states in NE region, which were carved out of Assam. Future generation will not pardon the present generation if they cannot protect the territory of the state, which was handed down to us by forefathers. This feeling had been sown in the blood of the entire people living in the state. Therefore NSCN is warned against demanding amalgamation of Naga inhabited areas from Manipur into Nagaland.
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