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Manipuri literature faces identity crisis
Nagaland Post | Imphal, Nov 4 (IANS):
The dilemma over the dual identity of state and nation still haunts writers in Manipur 65 years after independence because of the alienation of the northeastern region from mainstream India, a cross-section of writers from the state feel. Though most writers accept the dominant Indian identity, they want to assert their language and culture on the national stage.
“For me, nationality of any kind is uncertain. I was born as a Manipuri and remained so for 56 days after which I became an Indian when Manipur joined the state of India in 1947,” Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer Yumlembam Ibomcha said at the “Samanvay: The IHC Indian Languages Festival” in the capital. As an Indian writing in Manipuri, the dual identity of being a Manipuri and an Indian has always occupied Ibomcha like many other writers from the state.
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