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Army not a sight of security: NE women
- The Morung Express -
Imphal | March 25 , Newmai News Network:
"Army is not a sight of security. It is rather a sight of insecurity," said activist Grace Jajo today during the discussion on the topic 'Women in Armed Conflict'. The three-day programme entitled ‘Militarism and Future of Democracy in Manipur organised by Manipur Research Forum in collaboration with Department of Philosophy (Manipur University), Indian Council of Sicial Sciences and Research, All Manipur Working Journalists Union and Human Rights Alert kickstarted yesterday.
Speaking on the same day, A Bimol Akhoijam, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, made a self-deprecating observation about the "subservient mentality" of the people of Manipur which was born out of the historical and geopolitical accident of the Manipuri kingdom being crammed between the British Indian Empire and the Burmese Empire. The subservience was reinforced even after 1891, he said.
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