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The Plight Of Manipur
countercurrents.org | Diana Ningthoujam | 18 November, 2011
As someone who was born and brought up in Manipur, and also as someone who has been living outside the state for more than half her life, the imbroglio which has consumed the state does not come as a surprise. To me, it is not even astonishing that an entire state of the world’s most populous democracy and a rising economic power can be held to ransom by a small ethnic group demanding a relatively modest amount of local administrative control.
Manipur is no stranger to such blockades. You might as well say that Manipuris have become adept or rather adapted themselves to live in such situations. At the risk of sounding cynical, I’d have to say the state might have to brace itself for worse days ahead.
Manipur has not fundamentally changed. There are crises and there will always be crises and this economic blockade will settle into place, alongside massive under development, rampant corruption, drug use, ethnic divides, frequent strikes and social upheaval.
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