Kaka D Iralu
Our country was invaded by India in 1955. But in order to cover up its crime of invading another country, India projected the invasion as a case of internal law and order issue and wrote many books full of lies. Did educated Nagas bother to refute these lies and defend the truths in the sight of the rest of the world? In the national records from 1955 to 1990, I found only a few refutations- the majority of which was done by A.Z. Phizo until his death in 1980. As for the rest of the educated Nagas 99.9 % of them kept their mouth and hands shut and allowed the enemy to have a complete victory with their lies. But as if this was not enough, most of these educated Nagas asked for an Indian state and betrayed the over two thousand Naga deaths and all of Phizo’s and his colleagues’ sacrifices by signing the 16 Point Agreement. Many of them of course became millionaire out of this betrayal deal and wrote many additional lies in support of India’s already reigning lies. Therefore Nagas had been living under a shadow- or shall we say- a cloud of lies- from 1955 to the present (altogether 61 years).
Then in 1980 an internal fratricidal war started within the national movement. Here again the guilty ones who have killed over 3000 Nagas through their so called “Socialist Revolution” wrote so many lies to cover up their crimes with this lie and that lie and this cause and that cause. Sadly, here again with the exception of a few Nagas (whose numbers can be counted within the ten fingers of one’s hands), the rest of the Nagas kept their mouths shut so that lies can reign internally for another 41 years within Nagaland (1980 to 2016).
Unable to tolerate all these lies that have led to killings, extortion and intimidation, a few Nagas have dared to expose all these lies with chronicled dates, statements and the developments of events in sequential orders through written books. Even then, the overwhelming majority of Nagas who can read never bothered to read these important books which have systematically exposed all these lies.
Nagas by and large, seems to want to live in ignorance under a thick cloud of lies for all their lives.
I personally do not want to name these important books because I have also authored some of them. However, I think the present book by W. Shapwon entitled “The illegal formation of the NSCN” is a very important book that every Naga must read in order to understand the present crisis within our own national movement. Shapwon who is a personal eye witness to all the events that have led to the internal fratricidal killings as well as the split up within the NNC itself and has documented all the events sequentially. These documents, supported with dates and statements that our own leaders have drafted in order to blame one another over the Naga house that is now in flames have been exposed. He has especially exposed all the facts of the infamous Shillong Accord of 1975 where our own national leaders have twisted the facts of the Accord to promote and project themselves as the real heroes of the struggle. Shapwon has meticulously exposed how the signatories who tried to save the nation from total capitulation were branded as traitors and many other innocent people were assassinated as supporters of the Shillong Accord. Shapwon has risked his own life in order to expose all these covered up lies and crimes.
But the question is: Are there still some upright Nagas still walking our streets today who wants to know the truths?
