{"id":945453,"date":"2026-07-23T08:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/?guid=19f6112df70d5773a54f208a16c53303"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:26:01","slug":"poppy-cultivators-traitor-a-poem-by-randhir-thiyam-you-sit-on-the-foreheads-of-the-crowns-no-crown-can-escape-from-you-yet-you-stride-as-kings-the-hills-remember-better-bamboo-bends-it-doe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/07\/23\/poppy-cultivators-traitor-a-poem-by-randhir-thiyam-you-sit-on-the-foreheads-of-the-crowns-no-crown-can-escape-from-you-yet-you-stride-as-kings-the-hills-remember-better-bamboo-bends-it-doe\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppy Cultivators &amp; Traitor A poem by: Randhir Thiyam You sit on the foreheads of the crowns, No crown can escape from you, yet you stride as kings. The hills remember better: bamboo bends, it does not bow. Riches buy silence, not respect. Read full @ https:\/\/shorter.me\/q3IWc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poppy Cultivators &amp; Traitor<br \/>\nA poem by: Randhir Thiyam<\/p>\n<p>You sit on the foreheads of the crowns,<br \/>\nNo crown can escape from you,<br \/>\nyet you stride as kings.<br \/>\nThe hills remember better:<br \/>\nbamboo bends, it does not bow.<br \/>\nRiches buy silence,<br \/>\nnot respect.<\/p>\n<p>Read full @ <a href=\"https:\/\/shorter.me\/q3IWc\">shorter.me\/q3IWc<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nitter.net\/epaomanipur\/status\/2080268192858190041#m\">https:\/\/nitter.net\/epaomanipur\/status\/2080268192858190041#m<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poppy Cultivators &amp; Traitor<br \/>\nA poem by: Randhir Thiyam<\/p>\n<p>You sit on the foreheads of the crowns,<br \/>\nNo crown can escape from you,<br \/>\nyet you stride as kings.<br \/>\nThe hills remember better:<br \/>\nbamboo bends, it does not bow.<br \/>\nRiches buy silence,<br \/>\nnot respect.<\/p>\n<p>Read f&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[331],"class_list":["post-945453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-pao","category-news","tag-e-pao-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945462,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945453\/revisions\/945462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}