Cry for the Future, Not for the Past

Premjit Laishangba *

Manipur has become a lawless state. This might be right or wrong but this was flashed in Times of India newspaper dated 26th August 2009, as convinced by Meenakshi Ganguly, a representative of Asian Human Rights Commission, in an interview conducted by the newspaper.

If it is wrong, then we have to justify the statement. If it is right, then we should be shameful on ourselves, and eventually an unprecedented mutual intervention is needed from every individual to bring the current system to normality.

However, there is still a question to be asked. Who will intervene and change the system? Laws are framed by our law makers and we are the only one who will abide by and follow them. In fact, law makers are no one but the people only. In short, people make laws for themselves and run the system with those laws. It is very easy to make laws but the most difficult concern is to make people adhering to those laws.

Besides, our people do not want to follow a committed framework and system because there is no designated leader. What it means is that everyone wants to be a leader without pursuing the required skills of leadership. Everyone has become a king of his own, and no one respects others. It is still hard to ponder what went wrong to the then princely state.

In the interview, she ironically hinted that the recent continuous curfew called by the government due to killing of two innocents near the Gambhir Singh shopping complex on 23rd July clearly corroborated that the state is no more a peaceful state. No one can ever deny her statement, and this will always be true until the current day-to-day life comes to normality.

Whilst there should be a mutual understanding among the people of Manipur; understanding means respect for others and regard for humanity. Her answers to all the Manipur-related questions were very significant for all of our leaders and law makers to contemplate for the chaotic conditions and the impact of them to the future of this shattered state.

The action and resolution our government has taken are always unworthy and undeserved because it is synonymous to the way of feeding milk to a crying baby; no doubt, the baby will cry again. This will not go for long as everyone has been experiencing the same from the past, and nothing worked out to accomplish a feasible solution. Every head is living under the shadow of violence and brutality, with no hopes and aspirations for their futures.

Surviving in Manipur has, now a day, become arduous and tough. Indeed, it is just comparable to running a business in hell and at the end there will be only remains of despair, hatred, anger and intrigue. Curfew, agitation, traffic blockage (Bandh), strikes and confrontation will not solve the issue.

Rather, such actions will perturb the whole system which will, in turn, harm the backbone of the developmental frameworks built for the sake of the state. Mutual disturbance due to such social activities will give an obvious drawback to the education system of the state, which would ultimately provide disadvantages and grievances to the growing youngsters.

Vividly, we can foresee that there is no harmonious future in our place. We forcibly need to cross our fingers and decide what should be done to cover up all those flaws. People should understand that there is no one to help them except themselves. They should forget the past and move their paces positively for future.

It is not beneficial to regret for the past; we should not cry for what has happened. We need to priorities our frameworks and meticulously manage to operate those frameworks one by one. Education should be the pivot of the complete framework. There should be a 100% surety that every children avails proper education.

In future, this will only solve the entire uncertainties the state has been facing with if the system is run properly. Despite this, who will run the system? Will it be run by the government or any lone organization or a group of organizations?

It is demonstrable that government can never do it because it always fails to handle any system. Any organization like NGOs, student union, clubs etc or a group of them, also cannot do the same because they involve government for approval on one hand, and it may lead to complexity on the other hand.

Then, who will do it? The growing youngsters! Can they do it?

Yes, they can do it and they are the only one who can handle the uncertainties. Every youngster should genuinely take up individual responsibility to cope up the situations. They should have clear idea of the situations the state is challenging and they should not waste their time due to any kind of unavoidable circumstances.

Their school may be closed for a week or a month or a year but they should remember that their books are with them. They can clear their doubts when the school opens, with the assistance of their faculties. They should take up positive approach to fight the current situations they are the captain of the next generation.

It is also advisable that parents should inspire their children to take up such responsibilities. Unless they do this, the state will be always in vain.

Meanwhile, everyone will cry one day, not for what they did but for what they did not do. Before this happens, they should at least cry for the future, not for the past.