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This silly notion of forward and backward tribes and its implications
Morung Express | Kaka D Iralu | (Sept 20):
The words “forward tribe” or “backward tribe” are derogatory terms especially for those who are defined as backward. It was, in the first place introduced by the British and Indian colonizers who had their own class and caste systems. These classifications should therefore have been rejected by Nagas long ago.
But instead of rejecting it, we have instead inherited it and are now even using it as weapons for deriding one another as well as blaming one another for all our ills. Still uglier, is our practice of utilizing these nomenclatures for begging for more funds from the Central Government or availing special academic privileges without intellectually sweating it out like others in competitive exams etc. This long practiced trend is a most shameful thing for any Naga tribesman and therefore must be immediately abandoned.
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