Denying Meitei ST status: feeding the ghost from the past

By Kh. Ibomcha Like any other commoner does, I, for a while, have been at my wit’s end otiosely trying to sort out reasons why some among us, rather those anti-tribal proponents, do not like to get Meiteis enlisted as ST under Indian constitution that could make both ‘ching’ and ‘tam’ stand on a par […]

By Kh. Ibomcha Like any other commoner does, I, for a while, have been at my wit’s end otiosely trying to sort out reasons why some among us, rather those anti-tribal proponents, do not like to get Meiteis enlisted as ST under Indian constitution that could make both ‘ching’ and ‘tam’ stand on a par […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/05/denying-meitei-st-status-feeding-the-ghost-from-the-past/

The Manipur Imbroglio Literature

By:- Thounaojam Brinda All hate the problems, yet all contribute to the problems knowingly or unknowingly.       None of the valley nationalists claim to hate Manipur. All hate the problems, yet all contribute to the problems knowingly or unknowingly. All are right, all who do not conform are wrong. All have a problem, each […]

By:- Thounaojam Brinda All hate the problems, yet all contribute to the problems knowingly or unknowingly.       None of the valley nationalists claim to hate Manipur. All hate the problems, yet all contribute to the problems knowingly or unknowingly. All are right, all who do not conform are wrong. All have a problem, each […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/05/the-manipur-imbroglio-literature/

Manipur as a Constitutional fiction with a nostalgia

There is something admirable about the Constitution of India as a living document. Take for example, the honesty with which it records the historicity of the emergence of this country, something that one can see in its definition of Manipur, which goes as follow: Manipur: The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution […]

There is something admirable about the Constitution of India as a living document. Take for example, the honesty with which it records the historicity of the emergence of this country, something that one can see in its definition of Manipur, which goes as follow: Manipur: The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/05/manipur-as-a-constitutional-fiction-with-a-nostalgia/

Inter community marriage best way to unit Hills and Valley – Leivon Jimmy

As predicted by a tribal leader, if the Meitei wants to find out its root based on “Shalai Taret” (The seven clans of Manipuris) an internal conflict not only between the Meiteis and Tribal but amongst the Meiteis was imminent.

This could be indeed true as there are Brahmins and royal clan, who put themselves above all ethnic communities residing in the state. The Schedule Caste are also Meiteis, the question of who would be branded what itself is rather complex at this point of time when half of the Meitei are opposing it as predicted.

The first and foremost when we debate about the issue will ultimately lead to reservation issues.

As predicted by a tribal leader, if the Meitei wants to find out its root based on “Shalai Taret” (The seven clans of Manipuris) an internal conflict not only between the Meiteis and Tribal but amongst the Meiteis was imminent.

This could be indeed true as there are Brahmins and royal clan, who put themselves above all ethnic communities residing in the state. The Schedule Caste are also Meiteis, the question of who would be branded what itself is rather complex at this point of time when half of the Meitei are opposing it as predicted.

The first and foremost when we debate about the issue will ultimately lead to reservation issues.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2016/05/inter-community-marriage-best-way-to-unit-hills-and-valley-leivon-jimmy/