Ras Leela : DESAM faults Manorama Yearbook
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 29 2017:
Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has said that the topic on Ras Leela dance as contained in Manorama Yearbook 2017 (Page 885) misrepresent the State and dismissed it as baseless.
It was nothing but among the series of ploys aimed to present the State as a part of India by trying to assimilate the history, culture and religion of the State .
In a statement, DESAM said that it seriously views the act of distorting history of a society with the intention to present the history of the land wrongly to the world and wipe out their traces .
It demanded the publisher of the book to clarify before any public outburst.
DESAM further urged the State Art and Culture Dept to look into the matter seriously and clear all doubts.
It also said that the publisher would be informed about the matter in written.