UNLF greets people on its 48th b'day-2
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, November 24 2012: Contd from Yesterday .

"The policies of GoI in the current practice of split or divide and rule can only be fought by the collective will of the indigenous communities, and the communities must be free to design their own plural and equal relationships between themselves without being advised by the Brahministic, racist Indian rulers.

Unless the indigenous communities rise together as equals against the oppressive rule of the Indian state, the indigenous peoples have no future.

This is the firm belief of the UNLF" the statement added.

"In order to repress the indigenous peoples collective consciousness, and in order to destroy the identity and united vision of the indigenous peoples of Manipur, the most important step of India is to control and subordinate the economic livelihood of Manipur people.

Instead of releasing the creative productive forces of the indigenes of the state, India had turned the lakhs of indigenous peoples into consumers of goods produced elsewhere in India and make Manipur a captive market.

Manipur people had no choice to produce local economic goods, but had to consume whatever India provides.

So far whatever natural resources the people had, had been extracted by the Indian government without benefit to the owners of the soil.

Many hidden and undeclared mineral resources had been already extracted by the ruling classes of India.

The Loktak Project is a glaring example.

Promises of an illuminated land had been turned into a dark environment.

Thousands of fishing communities had been deprived of livelihood through the exploitation of its resources" the statement further mentioned.

"Under India's colonial rule, the deep malaise which the people is experiencing is the anarchic system of education.

In fact the National Education Policy of the Indian state and its relevance with the conditions of Manipur should be questioned.

Under this system, there is nothing suitable for the conditions of Manipur.

There is no possibility for development of Manipur human resources under these conditions" .

"Unless the system changes, there will be no emergence of students who know and love Manipur.

Unless one understands and loves Manipur, there shall no more be Manipuri patriots who could sacrifice their lives for the land.

We shall then be reduced to a collective of morons who do not possess Manipur national character.

This is what India is attempting to create.

Inequalities in educational opportunities have created big differences in the social fabric.

It therefore becomes an impediment to the development of human resources which is conducive to our social and cultural traditions" the statement added.

"Along with the introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the changes through the digital revolution, people's lives had changed, since the world had turned into a global village.

The internet had speeded up information and communication between peoples.

Other social media networks like Facebook, Twitter had facilitated the sharing of ideas between peoples unknown to each other.

There is then the possibility of our lives being digitalized.

A digital generation had also emerged in Manipur.

The role of this generation for the sake of Manipur is huge.

One should use these technologies to attract.

Contd on Tomorrow .

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