A thought on paying tribute to our martyred forefathers
- Imphal Times Editorial :: April 24 2018 -
The people of the state today paid fitting tribute to the martyrs who had sacrifices their life fighting to safeguarding the freedom of the erstwhile kingdom at the battlefield of Khongjom in 1891.
The courage and spirit of our ancestors is worth remembering and paying tribute to those martyrs is our pride to prove the world that we the Manipuri were courageous, hardworking people who had always wanted to live life with dignity .
It is a known fact that, our ancestors of that time knows well that there was no possibility of winning the war against the huge army of the British Empire, but they still fought knowing that they will defeat in that war .
Those ancestors like Paona Brajabashi, Bir Tikendrajit and other unknown soldiers of the erstwhile kingdom would certainly dream of a nation at which people from across the world have great respect.
Points wanted to make here is that, have we paid enough respect to our ancestors who had sacrificed for the cause of the nation’s freedom.
Seeing the state of affairs of present Manipur, it is sceptical on whether our ancestors who had sacrificed for the cause of the erstwhile country are happy or not.
The so called leaders of the present state and those who had been elected with thousands of hopes have been completely depending to the money sanction from the central government for running the state.
A change in the government of the state which is now similar had promised a lot and rumours are talking around state will not face financial crisis. Central government blessing is the only hopes for those running the state.
However , lack of proper administration has always been a matter of reality that the present day people face.
Lack of sincerity among those responsible elected representatives as well as the bureaucrats have made so many poor still suffered from hungers.
Many children still are deprived of what they are suppose to get, many farmers face hardship due to improper utilisation of fund meant for their development.
People faced draught in non-rainy season and flood during rainy season. Well some action to fight flood is seen taken up this time, but what is being seen is just .5% short term measures as a proper documented policy .
The drainage system constructed in and around Imphal city by spending huge amount of many do not serve its purpose.
And every one of us knows that these moneys meant for construction of the public properties are hijacked by people who are near and dear ones of those in the government.
This situation is not what our ancestors had wanted. They might now feel shame of what we are no.
A simple offering of floral tribute is really not enough to pay respect to our ancestors, we need to build a strong state if we really wanted a fitting tribute to our leaders.
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