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SOS from Manipur :: Indian Express
June 01, 2010
If the Northeast has occupied the farthest nook of mainland India’s consciousness, the state of Manipur has been given the tiniest toehold on that nook. That is why the rest of the nation, as a rule, doesn’t think of the eight states (including Sikkim) beyond the chicken’s neck, except for news of death and gore......
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The Centre must act to rescue the crippled state and prevent an escalation of the confrontationist attitudes into a full confrontation. Manipur being blocked out does not evoke an automatic response because of the zero impact it has on the rest of the country. That unconcern is inhuman. Moreover, the political basis of the trouble must be resolved for a permanent peace in the region, and that cannot happen unless the Centre settles with the NSCN and brings them into the mainstream.
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