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Tribalism
Morung Express | Agano Iralu | Sep 5
The word Tribalism is like a taboo-word. Or it is hastily flung at any utterance, accusing that of tribalism. I have noticed you cannot say anything about any tribe lest you should offend the other tribe or worse, lest they should have no sense of humor at all and misunderstand you. The other tribe who is supposed to be a Naga too is nothing less but a stranger to you.
Can we exist in that surrealistic bubble? In one corner we assume we are all one (1.‘Nagas are Christians’, 2.‘Nagas have inhabited these hills since time immemorial’), and in the other we are divided by prejudice. We may be divided by language, attires, physiognomy and so on, but more importantly our prejudice, suspicion or narrow-mindedness is what really divides us. When will that superficial bubble finally burst? Come on, let us all admit we have prejudices against one another within the framework and design of that Naga identity.
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