Forget and forgive for sake of peace: Grace Dangmei
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 03 2023:
Indian woman foot-baller Grace Dangmei has expressed her belief that forgiving each other and forgetting what had hap-pened can only bring peace in Manipur.
Speaking to the DIPR, Grace opined that huge misunderstanding and mis-communication between two communities led to spread of intense hatred and building false narratives among one another.
She further said, "Outside Manipur, the issue is being seen as a fight between two religions i.e., Hindus and Christians and one religion discriminating another, which is very unfortunate and not true.
I believe that there in only one God and we all should co-exist peacefully as brothers and sisters." Grace said, "Misunder-standings are bound to hap-pen at some point of time and it can happen anywhere.
But is should be resolved at the earliest before it worsens.
Many lives have been lost and properties destroyed beyond repair.
But we should forget and forgive.
As a sportsper - son, I want a healthy, peace-ful and drug-free Manipur." The footballer appealed to the government to restore peace at the soonest pos-sible in the state.
She also appealed to all the commu-nity leaders to actively work for ending miscommunica-tions and to bring back peace through negotiations.
Grace Dangmei is an in-ternational footballer who plays as a forward for In-dian Women's League side Gokulam Kerala and the In-dia women's national team.
She was part of the team at the 2014 Asian Games and at the 2016 South Asian Games where she scored two goals against Sri Lanka.
During the 2016 SAFF Women's Championship, she scored a goal in the first half of the final, helping India clinch its fourth consecutive title at the tournament.