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Paites at home in Delhi
The Telegraph | Patricia Mukhim | Aug 29, 2011
On Saturday, August 20, the 2,000-strong Paite community working and studying in Delhi held a cultural programme named North East Colours at Siri Fort Auditorium.
The programme was essentially aimed at bringing together the Paite people from all corners of Delhi for what is a celebration of togetherness. I was briefed by a senior at the function that there are today a number of tribes who have come under the larger umbrella of what is called “Zomi”. They include the Paite, Vaiphei, Zou, Simte, Tedimchin and Thangkhal.
Political scientists might observe that less government is better than too much government but that is if you are part of a developed nation where people have learnt to govern themselves. In the case of these hills of Manipur, it is a complete absence of government and with it also the absence of the rule of law. But whereas the latter is somehow managed by tribal institutions that adjudicated over local problems, the vacuum of governance was too palpable to be missed. Roads are in a bad shape and villages remain disconnected.
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