Book Release : Right to Self Determination of Manipur
New Delhi , 24 April 2013
On Khongjom Day, 23 April 2013, Late Prof. Sanajaoba's article Right to Self Determination of Manipur along with a critical foreword was reproduced by New Delhi based Campaign for Peace & Democracy (Manipur).
The booklet was reproduced with the financial support from Somorendro Khangembam and Laishram Tiken Khuman.
Book Release : 'Right to Self Determination of Manipur' at Mumbai
Book release programs were held at four places outside Manipur;
(a) the program at Chandigarh organized under the aegis of Ng Robert was attended by Punjab University students and representatives of the Students for Society,
(b) the program at Mumbai organized by Rakesh was attended by non-Manipuris as well,
(c) in Shillong the program organized by Ojha Jugindro and team was held at the courtyard of the then Rajbari or Redland Bungalow, and
(d) the program at the University of Delhi was hosted by the Manipur Students' Association Delhi.
Book Release : 'Right to Self Determination of Manipur' at Delhi
The programs upheld that there was utmost need of the entire people to had discussions on the question of the right to self determination of Manipur. The Delhi meeting raised that despite factual errors, methodological confusion and legal determinism that were inherent in the article; if the issues raised by it would be debated in wider scale on the basis of ideology there could be constructive conclusions to various questions pertaining in Manipur.
Book Release : 'Right to Self Determination of Manipur' at Shillong
The Chandigarh and Shillong program stressed that the principle of freedom / self-determination ought to be respected.
The objective of CPDM in reproducing the booklet is to illustrate that freedom or self determination is not a tabooed word but to be discussed as an open discourse.
CPDM upheld that there cannot be peace & democracy in a country where the question of freedom or self-determination are not allowed to be openly raised and discussed.
Book Release : 'Right to Self Determination of Manipur' at Chandigarh
* This info was sent by Dr. Malem Ningthouja who can be contacted at mningthouja(at)yahoo(dot)com
This Press Release was posted on April 24, 2013
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