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Manipur : The return to chaos
- Northeast Echoes -
The Telegraph | Patricia Mukhim | Dec 30
Manipur is like a self-fulfilling prophecy of recurrent conflict, violence, deaths, with only short bursts of normality. It is unfortunate that in the run-up to the season of hope and goodwill, the season of Christmas, there should be so much turmoil as to prevent people from celebrating this festival with a spirit that is free from the encumbrances of hate and revenge.
Christmas is about forgiveness. Yet that seems to be a distant dream for the people of Manipur as they adopt hardened stances on two separate issues. The death of a television journalist (who was filming the protest) in the crossfire between the police and groups of protesters has only added fuel to the fire. Journalists have always been at the receiving end of the undeclared civil war between state and non-state actors.
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